. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical crops Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SEMI-TROPICAL FRUITS. 9 V V CITRUS AUEANTIUM DULCIS, Continued. V Evquisite. S lid to be a very superior orange ; has not fruited for us yet. Imported by Gen. Sanford. \/ Ef?S (Beach No. i). Classed with the early ripen- ing varieties ; with us it matures little if any earlier than many others ; a good or
. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical crops Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SEMI-TROPICAL FRUITS. 9 V V CITRUS AUEANTIUM DULCIS, Continued. V Evquisite. S lid to be a very superior orange ; has not fruited for us yet. Imported by Gen. Sanford. \/ Ef?S (Beach No. i). Classed with the early ripen- ing varieties ; with us it matures little if any earlier than many others ; a good orange, of sprightly flavor. Homosassa. This orange is justly classed among the favorites in every grove, and has taken several prizes at different exhibitions ; color bright; skin thin, dense and very tough, this quality rendering it one of tlie best shipping oranges we have. V Italian. A handsome strong growing tree ; has not yet fruited with us. ' Jaffa. Imported from the Mediterranean by Gen- eral Sanford, and is probably one of the best import- ed varieties ; a medium sized fruit, very heavy and juicy, with few seeds, and of unsurpassed flavor ; tree distinct in foliage ; of vigorous upright growth, and while it sometimes shows a few thorns, it may be classed with the thornless varieties. Blood. Size medium, round or slightly oblong ; in the fall the pulp is streaked with red, which increases as the season advances, until the whole pulp is colored ; quality best; tree a strong, free grower, entirely thornless; when properly placed on the market, the fruit always commands the V highest price. ^ Maltese Oval. The beautiful specimens of this orange exhibited at the Sanford exposition the past winter attracted a great deal of attention ; it is a per- fect oval, with smooth, dense glossy peel, and ranks with the other Malta oranges in quality ; tree entirely thornless. Maijorca. From the Eastern Mediterannean ; tree resembles the Jaffa ; fruit similar, but averages a lit
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