. Cirtus fruits under irragation. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. 8 CITRUS FRUITS UNDER IRRIGATION § 21 10. The Malta Blood is a variety grown in a small way in California. The tree is a slow grower, a heavy bearer, and the fruit is inclined to be borne in clusters on terminal shoots. A cluster of Malta Blood oranges is illustrated in Fig. 4. The fruit is small, slightly oval, and generally seedless. The pulp is splashed with red and, if the orange is grown in the sun, may be entirely red. The fruit of this variety is ripe just about the time the picking of navel oranges is finished. 11. The Med
. Cirtus fruits under irragation. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. 8 CITRUS FRUITS UNDER IRRIGATION § 21 10. The Malta Blood is a variety grown in a small way in California. The tree is a slow grower, a heavy bearer, and the fruit is inclined to be borne in clusters on terminal shoots. A cluster of Malta Blood oranges is illustrated in Fig. 4. The fruit is small, slightly oval, and generally seedless. The pulp is splashed with red and, if the orange is grown in the sun, may be entirely red. The fruit of this variety is ripe just about the time the picking of navel oranges is finished. 11. The Mediter- ranean, or Mediter- ranean Sweet, is not largely planted in Cali- fornia, although the va- riety does well in the state. The tree is low, spreading, and thornless. The fruit is medium in size, oval in shape, and has a slightly thickened skin. The quality, as the name indicates, is good. The season is about the A group of Mediterranean. Fig. 4 same as that of the Valencia, oranges is shown in Fig. 5. 12. The Paper Rind, or the Saint Michael Paper Rind, is an orange that is grown in many home orchards and to a slight extent in commercial orchards in California. The tree is vigorous, of dwarfish habit, and has light thorns. The fruit is small, roundish to oval, heavy, and soHd. The skin is smooth and very thin, sometimes pitted and of a pale orange color. The pulp is fine grained, juicy, and of excellent flavor. The season is slightly earlier than that of the Mediterranean Sweet. The quality is of the best. A cluster of the fruit is shown in Fig. 6. S21 o ~ CITRUS FRUITS UNDER IRRIGATION 9 13. The Satsuma, an orange of the Mandarin group, is well adapted to California conditions, but it is not grown exten- sively in the state for the reason that there are better marketable varieties that can be grown. The tree is very dwarf and nearly thornless; it comes into bearing early and is very hardy, being the most resistant to cold of any of the edible oranges. The fruit is oblate,
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