Archive image from page 21 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1893roya Year: 1892 as Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida. CITRUS, continued. Boyal Pomelo. A variety of our own introduction. Fruit small to medium. Very sweet and delicious. Free from the bitter prin- ciple to a wonderful de- gree. Can be eaten out of hand like an orange. Good bearer. 35 cents each, $ per dozen, $30 per 100. Tresca Blood Pomelo. An- other sort of our introduc- ing. Rich rose-colored pulp. Fruit pear-shaped. Tree g
Archive image from page 21 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1893roya Year: 1892 as Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida. CITRUS, continued. Boyal Pomelo. A variety of our own introduction. Fruit small to medium. Very sweet and delicious. Free from the bitter prin- ciple to a wonderful de- gree. Can be eaten out of hand like an orange. Good bearer. 35 cents each, $ per dozen, $30 per 100. Tresca Blood Pomelo. An- other sort of our introduc- ing. Rich rose-colored pulp. Fruit pear-shaped. Tree good grower and heavy cropper. M e d i u m-sized fruit. 40 cen ts each, $4 per dozen, $35 per 100. CITRUS Japonica. The Kdm- QQAT. A small species, much cultivated in China and Japan. The plant is a shrub, sometimes six feet high, but in cultivation is not allowed to exceed the height of a gooseberry bush. The fruit is about the size of a large goose- berry; the rind is sweet and the juice acid. It is delicious and refreshing. The Chinese make an ex- cellent sweetmeat by pre- serving it in sugar. Most remarkabl,y productive when budded on rough lemon stocks. A small tree, not over six feet high and five feet through, had over 2,000 fruits on the past year. A fine pot plant, , 40 cents each, $4 per dozen, C, medica cedra. Citron. The thi-ee following sorts of citrons wei'e imported by the Pomologist (H. E. Van Deman) for the De- partment of Agriculture, in April, 1890. We have the original trees, and are propagating from them: Calabria, Amalfi, Sorrento, named from the Italian towns in which they are grown. Pine trees, 50 cts. each, $5 per dozen. These are undoubtedly commercial varieties of citron, and their culture should be very profitable here. CITRUS limonnm. The Lemon. Of the large num- ber of excellent varieties, we consider the fol- lowing sorts all that can be desired: Belair Premium Lemon. A superior lemon of Gen. Sanford's importation. Genoa. This tree was introduced i
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