Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . Fig. 24. -Pumelow or Shaddock, pear-shaped fruit. Diameter, 5 inches ; length,6 inches ; weight, 32 ounces ; flesh pinkish, fla\ or fairly good. dock, Forbidden-fruit, Paradise-fruit and others. The chiefcharacteristics of all these fruits distinguishing them from * It is so called because the fruits grow in clusters like a bunch of grapes,t It is invariably spelled Pomelo in the United Fig. 26 -Forbidden-fruit, as sold in New York. I)i ti I . long ; flesh pale pink, skin thick. family, such as the true Oranges
Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . Fig. 24. -Pumelow or Shaddock, pear-shaped fruit. Diameter, 5 inches ; length,6 inches ; weight, 32 ounces ; flesh pinkish, fla\ or fairly good. dock, Forbidden-fruit, Paradise-fruit and others. The chiefcharacteristics of all these fruits distinguishing them from * It is so called because the fruits grow in clusters like a bunch of grapes,t It is invariably spelled Pomelo in the United Fig. 26 -Forbidden-fruit, as sold in New York. I)i ti I . long ; flesh pale pink, skin thick. family, such as the true Oranges and the Citrons. Ihave, therefore, been kept apart and ranged under thegiant Citrus, Citrus decumana. In this species the tree istwelve to eighteen feet high, with a flat crown and spread-ing branches, usually with no spines. The leaves areelliptic-rounded at both ends, emarginate (that is, with anotch at the apex) and cremilate (having the edge markedwith small depressions); the under side of the leaf is softlyhairy, with the wings broad, crenulated as in the leavesand bordered with fine hairs. The flowers are in clusters offrom three to nine, large, white and fragrant. The fruit iseither globose or pear-shaped, forming many seedling varie-ties without distinct names. This is supposed to be a nativeof the islands of the Pacific, whence it had been brought 164 Garden and Forest. [Number 426. to southern China, Japan and India. It was introducedto the West Indi
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