Citrus Aurantium
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Read about Citrus Aurantium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Citrus Aurantium, Linn. (C. vulgaris, Risso. C. Bigaradia, Risso. C. Aurantium var. Bigaradia, Hook. f.). Sour or Seville Orange. Fig. 976. A medium- sized tree, with a rounded top and regular branches: spines long but flexible and blunt: lvs. light green when young, medium-sized, 3—4 in. long, tapering to the somewhat wedge- shaped base, and more or less acuminate at the tip; petiole broadly winged: fls. medium-sized, axillary, single or clustered, white in the bud; petals white on both sides, very fragrant; stamens 20-24; ovary globular, sharply delimited from the deciduous style: fr. 2¾-3¼ in. diam., globose, slightly flattened at the tip, with a hollow core when fully ripe; pulp acid, membranes with a bitter taste, segms. 10-12; seeds cuneate- oval, flattened, with raised lines, white inside.—The Bout or Seville orange is grown all over the world. It is able to withstand more cold than most of the other citrous frs. and is rarely forced into new growth by warm weather occurring in winter. The sour orange is found in a thoroughly naturalized condition in many parts of Fla. where it doubtless was brought by the Spaniards. Most of these wild sour orange trees were dug up and transplanted for use as stocks when orange-culture was being rapidly extended some 25-30 years ago. The Seville orange, as its name would indicate, is grown on a commercial scale in the vicinity of Seville, Spain, whence the frs. are shipped in large quantities to England and Scotland for use in making orange marmalade, for which this species is best adapted. The petals yield a valuable perfume, oil of Neroli, which is produced in the south of France and the Italian Riviera. The peel of the fr. is sometimes candied and, when fresh, yields an essential oil. The sour orange is grown in a small way in Fla. for home use, the frs. being used for making "orangeade." In the U. S. the sour orange is used almost exclusively as a stock on which to bud other citrous fr. trees. The seeds are in demand by nurserymen at a good price for this purpose. The sour orange is well adapted to grow on a great variety of soils but is especially well fitted for low wet soils, where it is valuable because it is immune to the mal di gomma or foot-rot so destructive to the common orange and lemon on such soils. There are no named varieties of the sour orange in cult, in the U. S.— Mutations: The so-called Citrus myrtifolia, a narrow- lvd. form with spineless twigs and short internodes, bearing small flattened sour oranges is a mutation arising from the root of the sour orange. Chinotto (the Chinoise of the French confectioners). This is a broader-lvd. form of the above described mutation. It is cult. along the northern shore of the Medit. from Genoa to Toulon, yields the small green frs. used for candying. This variety, which should be called the Chinotto, is being tested in the U. S. and may prove adapted for commercial culture on a small scale in this country. Hybrids: Bittersweet. A good-sized tree occurring wild in Fla., is undoubtedly a hybrid between this species and the following. Frs. oblong, flattened at the ends; pulp sweet, but the membranes separating the segms. have a bitter taste. The fr. ripens very late on some trees and keeps well on the tree. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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