citrusses

These comprised azalees calceolarius, citrusses, ericas, and a hundred other rare varieties.

1854 May 26, “Royal Horticultural Society”, in The Freeman’s Journal, volume LXXXVII, Dublin, page 4, column 5

Imagine, then, the tailspin done by our alleged brain when we read the doin’s of this here new-fangled farm board an’ found that the farmers was fruit men with the [f?]lies, a few natives of Florida which raises citrusses an’ rents an’ whatever else it is that Florida raises, an’ the cotton men.

1929 July 26, “It Doesn’t Matter Much, But - -”, in The Hamilton County Republican-Register, volume 1, number 18 […], Aurora, Neb., page 2, column 3

Dr. Tanaka who has been making systematic studies of the citrusses of the world for the last 25 years is an authority on the subject.

1935 December, The Madras Agricultural Journal, volume XXIII, number 12, page 489

Also, recycling containers, or bags, that had oranges, lemons, grapefruit, or other citrusses stored in them, that have the grid of about one-fourth inch square on them.

1980 November 6, “The Plant Groom; With Dale: Winter Storage”, in Tyler Morning Telegraph, volume 50, number 359, Tyler, Tex., page 8

(At the beginning of the century, kumquats were classed in the genus Citrus, but it was then decided that they were not quite full-fledged citrusses, so they became fortunellas).

1981 August 27, Waverley Root, “Calamondin Gets Its Day in the Sun”, in Los Angeles Times, part VIII, Los Angeles, Calif., section “Entry to United States”, page 19, column 1