 Orange, with flattened, rough, deep orange fruit, and a thin rind, which separates spontaneously from the pulp. This sort has been raised in China, where its fruit is chiefly consumed in presents to the great officers of state, whence its name. It is...  Midsummer Flowers for the Young - Sida 66efter Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 226 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1837
...shops; see C. decumana further on. i. The Mandarin orange, with flattened, rough, deep orange fruit, nnd a thin rind, which separates spontaneously from the...has been raised in China, where its fruit is chiefly consumed in presents to the great officers of state, whence its name. It is now cultivated in Malta,... | |
 | 1837 - 1040 sidor
...sec C. decumana further on. ». The Mandarin orange, with tlattened, rough, deep orange fruit, and a thin rind, which separates spontaneously from the...has been raised in China, where its fruit is chiefly consumed in presents to the great officers of state, whence its name. It is now cultivated in Malta,... | |
 | 1853 - 308 sidor
...curiosity, and high prices were given for plants of this variety ; but it has now gone into disrepute. It is supposed to be produced from grafting the orange...It is now cultivated in Malta, where it arrives at perfection—its singularity consisting in the rind so completely separating from the pulp, when quite... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 624 sidor
...Forbidden Fruit of the London shops. i. The Mandarin Orange, with flattened, rough, deep orange fruit, and a thin rind, which separates spontaneously from the...has been raised in China, where its fruit is chiefly consumed in presents to the great officers of state, whence its name. It is now cultivated in Malta,... | |
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