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37746 and 37747— Con. (Quoted note by Mr. Dorsett and others.) 



and Holetown, about 2 miles from the coast. It had been recently 

 planted in this location for a permanent fence between the road and 

 a farmyard. The plants were young and probably did not show their 

 habit of growth very well. Pads covered with very abundant, long, 

 light-yellow spines." 



37748 to 37798. 



From Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and Wilson 

 Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914. 

 Scions (except as noted) of the following; quoted notes by Messrs. 

 Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe. 

 37748 to 37793. Citrus spp. Rutacea*. 



37748 to 37751. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange. 



From the grove of Dr. Fortunato da Silva, at Cabulla, Bahia. 



37748. " Select tree No. 1. A tree about 12 years old, 16 feet 

 in height, 16 feet in spread, with a trunk 20 inches in cir- 

 cumference near the ground. It is headed 2 feet above 

 the ground and in habit of growth is spreading and drooping. 

 The foliage is very dense, dark green in color; no spines. 

 The June crop is 241 fruits and the December crop 65 fruits. 

 One fruit has an abnormal shape, namely, a sunken sec- 

 tion. A typical fruit weighs 400 grams, is 11J inches in 

 circumference, 3£ inches in diameter. The skin is one- 

 eighth of an inch thick, the core being one-half of an inch 

 in diameter. In form the fruit is spherical, flattened at the 

 blossom end ; button flush with surface, blossom flush with 

 surface. When ripe the skin is yellowish green, flesh rich 

 golden, surface smooth. Rag tender, juice very abundant, one 

 fruit containing 150 c. c. Flavor sweet, quality good. Seeds, 

 none. Navel three-eighths of an inch in diameter, opening 

 three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. This tree and select 

 trees Nos. 2 and 3 in the same orchard are growing in the 

 vicinity of a stable and probably receive more than the ordi- 

 nary amount of manure. They were selected on the basis of 

 large production of a fine quality of fruit. The trees are of 

 very thrifty appearance, with an abundance of dark-green, 

 healthy foliage. Few scale or other insect pests, fungus 

 diseases, or plant parasites were found on these trees, indi- 

 cating an apparent resistance to these enemies of the orange 

 tree in this section, where no treatment for scale or plant 

 parasites is ordinarily given." 



37749. " Select tree No. 2. A tree 15 feet in height, 16 feel in 

 spread, of erect habit of growth. It is about 12 years old, 

 with a trunk 17§ inches in circumference near the ground. It 

 is headed 28 inches above the ground and the foliage is dense, 

 deep green in color ; no spines. The June crop is 113 fruits 

 and the December crop 107. There are no apparent variations 

 among the fruits, a typical one of which weighs 440 grains, is 

 12| inches in circumference, and in diameter is 3il inches. 

 The skin is tnree-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and the 

 core is nine-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. In form the 



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