Citrus aurantium 'Foetifera'

PALERMO BOTANICAL GARDENS

Immature fruit of the old bitter orange variety 'Foetifera' already showing the multiple skin layers of this old variety .

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BIGARADIER A FRUIT FETIFERE from "Histoire Naturelle des Orangers" (Paris 1818) by Poiteau and Risso.

photo by Vivai Oscar Tintori of the fruit growing in their collection