UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 445 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



February 10, 1917 



THE NAVEL ORANGE OF BAHIA 



WITH NOTES ON SOME LITTLE-KNOWN 



BRAZILIAN FRUITS 



By 



P. H. DORSETT, A. D. SHAMEL, and WILSON POPENOE 



Agricultural Explorers, Office of Foreign Seed 



and Plant Introduction 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Origin and History of the Navel Orange 



of Bahia 1 



Introduction of the Washington Navel 



Orange of Bahia into the United States 4 



Culture of the Navel Orange in Bahia . . 7 

 Citrus Fruits of Bahia Other than the 



Navel Orange 15 



Page 

 Citrus Fruits of the Region around Rio de 



Janeiro 16 



Miscellaneous Fruits Grown at Bahia . . 17 

 Some Interesting Fruits of Rio de Janeiro 



and Vicinity 25 



Fruits Qf the Highlands and Semiarid 



Regions of Minas Geraes and Bahia . 31 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



