Title: Cirtus fruits under irragation
Identifier: cirtusfruitsunde00scra (find matches)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture
Publisher: Scranton : International Textbook Co.
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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§26 CITRUS FRUITS IN GULF-COAST STATES 29 28 The Duncan is the best of all the varieties so far introduced for general commercial plantings. It is especially adapted to the colder sections on account of its hardiness. For this reason, in the coast districts of West Florida and in Alabama, Missis- sippi, Louisiana, and Texas it should have preference as a com- mercial variety. VARIETIES OF LEMONS AND LIMES 43. Although lemons and limes are not grown to any extent commercially in Florida, nurserymen have a few varie- ties for those who wish to raise the fruit for home use or for local sale. The varieties that are most largely planted are described in the following paragraphs. 44. Varieties of Lemons.—The Villafranca is the variety of lemon most largely planted in Florida and in the other gulf citrus regions. The lemon of this variety is oblong- oval in form, mediimi to large in size, and bright lemon yellow in color. The juice is abundant and the acidity is strongly marked. The trees grow vigorously, are productive, and have but few thorns. A so-called seedless variety of Villafranca that is offered for sale by some nurserymen originated near Dunedin, Florida; it closely resembles the true Villafranca, but it is somewhat smaller and practically seedless, although in occasional speci- mens a few seeds are found. 45. The Ponderosa is a variety of lemon that is valuable as a home fruit. The form is oblong, flattened at the base, and somewhat pointed at the stem end, and the size is excep- tionally large, the fruits often weighing as much as 2 pounds. The lemon is juicy, of good flavor, and excellent in quality. The trees are about as hardy as those of other varieties of lemons. 46. Varieties of Limes.—The Mexican lime, known also as the Key lime, as stated previously, grows without cultivation on the islands near the Florida coast. Seedling trees of this variety are sold by nurserymen under the name Mexican.

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