. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 475. Normal orange on the right; abnormal or navel orange on the left, showing the adventitious cells in the center. tropical shrubs, and should not be confused with the hardy G. trifoliata. AA. 'EiVCiTVXJS.—Lvs. unif
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 475. Normal orange on the right; abnormal or navel orange on the left, showing the adventitious cells in the center. tropical shrubs, and should not be confused with the hardy G. trifoliata. AA. 'EiVCiTVXJS.—Lvs. unifoliolate, evergreen : petals oblong: ovary and disk glabrous. Aur&ntium, Linn. (C vulgAris, Risso). Orange. Figs. 476, 480. A small tree or shrub: young shoots light green, glabrous ; Ivs. elliptical or ovate, acute, obtuse, or acuminate; petiole narrowly or broadly winged ; fls. hermaphrodite, pure white: fr. oblate-spherical or ellip- tical, not mamillate. Var. am&ra, Linn. {C. BigarAdia, Duham.). Sour, Bitter, or Seville Orange. Lvs. deep green, ovate, pointed, very aromatic ; petiole broadly wing-mar- gined: fls. white, sweet-scented: fr. round, dark orange, frequently with tinge of red, very ammatic; rind some- what rough; pulp sour and bitter.'Southeastern Asia, and cult, in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.—There are very few cultivated sorts of this variety or subspecies grown in the United States, and of these only the two following are well known : Sour ("sour orange"): Fr. deep orange or orange-red ; pulp very sour. This is grown very extensively as a stock on which to bud varieties of the sweet orange, lemon, pomelo, etc. Very valuable as a stock because resistant to the serious disease mal-di-gorama or foot-rot. — Bitter Sweet: Fr. of same external appearance as the Sour Orange but mildly acid and pleasant to the taste. Culti- vated mainly for home use. The Sour Orange was evi- dently inti-oduot-d into Fhiriila very earl
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