. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. RUTACEiE 481 stand in the syrup for about a month, and subsequently boiled in a pure sugar syrup. CITRUS LIMONIA (Lemon) ^The lemon tree is small, from 10 to 20 feet in height, with short, stout thorns; the leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, long-ovate, sharp-pointed, serrate, and its petioles wingless; the large flowers are axillary, usually sohtary,. Fig. 203.—A citrus orchard in Southern California (From Calif. Agr. Exp. Sta.) sometimes in small clusters; their petals are white inside, and purplish above; th
. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. RUTACEiE 481 stand in the syrup for about a month, and subsequently boiled in a pure sugar syrup. CITRUS LIMONIA (Lemon) ^The lemon tree is small, from 10 to 20 feet in height, with short, stout thorns; the leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, long-ovate, sharp-pointed, serrate, and its petioles wingless; the large flowers are axillary, usually sohtary,. Fig. 203.—A citrus orchard in Southern California (From Calif. Agr. Exp. Sta.) sometimes in small clusters; their petals are white inside, and purplish above; the stamens are usually between 20 and 3c in number; the ovary has 7 to 10 locules. There are three sorts of flowers in the lemon: (i) perfect flowers, (2) flowers with rudimentary pistils and normal stamens, and (3) ^flowers that fail to develop beyond the bud stage. The first class is the only one to set fruit. The fruit is about 3 31. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son
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