Bul. 445, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
PLATE Il. 
PI5029FS 
PI5041FS 
A TYPICAL FRUIT OF THE SELECTA ORANGE AND A LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF THE SAME. 
While normally of the shape shown and devoid of any vestige of a navel, the variety occasionally 
produces fruits with internal or even externally prominent navels, resembling in every way those 
of the Bahia or true navel orange. This and other evidence indicates that the Bahia navel 
originated as a sport or mutation from the Selecta orange, a variety which has been cultivated 
in Brazil since a remote date and is grown commercially near Rio de Janeiro. Photographed at 
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20 and 23, 1914. (Natural size.) 
