48 [ THE COMMON ORANGE 



is tender, the pulp is very juicy, and very sweet, without 

 any trace of acidity, and on this account it is often 

 disliked. The fruit is already found in the market as 

 early as November, when the peel is just turning yellow. 

 At that time the flavour is flat, the juice tasting merely 

 like water with sugar, but later on it developes an 

 exquisite vanilla-like flavour. The peel has a delicate 

 aroma of its own. There is a form bearing larger fruits, 

 but is not so productive as the type. 



8. The BAHIA or NAVEL or SEEDLESS ORANGE. 

 (M.:= taring ta Bahia or tal Brazil^ The tree is 

 middling in size, but very vigorous, with somewhat 

 thorny branches and twigs, and leaves generally winged 

 like those of the bitter orange. The fruit is large or very 

 large, and may be spheroidal in shape or round or 

 slightly oval. There is always a well-marked depressed 

 navel, produced by a folding of the integuments. The 

 peel is often thick, and rather uneven. The pulp is 

 abundant and heavy, but both its substance and the rag 

 which encloses it are quite tender. There are numerous 

 small segments in the lower part of the fruit near the 

 navel. The fruit is really seedless, but sometimes contains 

 one or two seeds. The flavour is exquisite, being sweet 

 and aromatic with a mild and pleasant acidity. The 

 fruit ripens early and travels well. The tree is well 

 productive if allowed to retain a good crown of foliage, 

 and is not unduly trimmed. The round or spheroidal 

 forms are perhaps more productive than the oval form, 

 but this last is a more refined fruit. 



9. The GOLDEN NUGGET NAVEL ORANGE. The 

 tree is more vigorous than that of the Bahia orange, 

 and grows to a larger size, but both are alike in habit 

 and foliage. The tree is quite thornless, fairly productive 

 under the same treatment as the Bahia orange, the fruit 

 being very large, round or somewhat oval, and is equal 

 or superior to the Bahia orange as regards flavour and 

 other qualities. It is almost always entirely seedless. 



