. 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. Gardening. 1398 POMELO POMOLOGY Shaddock.—Although, botanically the Pomelo and Shaddock are of one species, as known horticulturally in Jamaica they are very different. The Shaddock is a smaller tree than the Pomelo, with larger leaves, but the greatest difference is in the fruit. Whilst one is an esteemed and valuable de
. 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. Gardening. 1398 POMELO POMOLOGY Shaddock.—Although, botanically the Pomelo and Shaddock are of one species, as known horticulturally in Jamaica they are very different. The Shaddock is a smaller tree than the Pomelo, with larger leaves, but the greatest difference is in the fruit. Whilst one is an esteemed and valuable dessert fruit, the other is hardly ever used, and is not exported. There are two varieties of Shaddock,—one with a globose fruit and llesh of a pale color, the other pear shaped, with crimson flesh. In both, the fruits are very large, often weighing 15 or 16 pounds; the rind is exceedingly thick, the vesicles are large and distinct, but the flesh is dry and coarse, except in occasional varieties. The Shaddock is said to have been brought to the West Indies by Captain Shaddock. Hog Shaddock.—This variety is very like the pear- shaped Shaddock in appearance, and it is probably a hybrid between the Shaddock and the citron, or the rough lemon. It is of no value whatever as a fruit, being intensely bitter, but it is used for the purpose of cleaning floors to kill fleas, which are troublesome in some bouses at certain seasons of the year. The Hog Shaddock is said to make an excellent stock on which to bud Pomelo. y^^ Harris. The Pomelo in Florida.—In no place in the world has the culture of the Pomelo reached such perfection as in Florida. Indeed, the improvement of the fruit and extension of its cultivation in that state has led to its establishment as an important commercial fruit. Its cultivation as a market fruit has been extended from Florida to California and Jamaica, and it is only in these localities as yet, so far as the writer is informed, where any of its varieties a
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