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fruited heavily, but is most profuse in flowers. It was thought that the original 
trees were not all of one kind and that those sent to Florida were different 
varieties. This was a mistake, as all were fruited here and all were alike. 
* * * Many thousands of acres have been planted and upward of 2,000 
carloads of fruit have been transported to the East in one year. It has also 
been received with fayor in the English market, some sent to London having 
brought good prices. It has proved to be, perhaps, the most valuable introduc- 
tion ever made by the Department of Agriculture in the way of fruits. 
Some years ago Rev. W. A. Waddell, already referred to in con- 
nection with the origin of the navel orange, was in Riverside, Cal., 
and saw the two original trees which were sent by Mr. Saunders to 
Mrs. Tibbetts. Becoming interested in their history, he made in- 
quiries of some of his associates when he returned to Bahia, and 
was told by the Rey. F. I. C. Schneider, the first Presbyterian mis- 
sionary to Bahia, that he was the one who had secured and packed 
the trees which were sent to the United States in 1870. Mr. Schneider, 
who died about three years ago, told of an earlier shipment that had 
been sent to the United States, but word was sent back that the trees 
had all perished during the voyage. Some one requested Mr. 
Schneider to prepare a shipment as carefully as possible, and he 
did so. 
Several old friends of Mr. Schneider were interviewed in Bahia, 
to see if any account of this shipment could be obtained. One of 
them, Carlotta da Boa Morte, whose mother was a servant in the 
Schneider household, clearly recalled the incident. She stated that 
while she was yet a girl and was living with her mother at the 
Schneider home Mr. Schneider one day took the family for a picnic 
to Engenho Velho, a large farm in the suburbs of Bahia, owned by 
Sr. Teixeira. They spent the day there, and before they returned to 
town Sr. Teixeira brought in a number of navel-orange trees, and 
also a few of the lima doce, or sweet lime, which he packed in boxes 
and sent to Mr. Schneider’s house in the city. Here, after long dis- 
cussion of the best method of packing them to withstand the trying 
voyage which was before them, they were placed in a wooden crate 
and dispatched to the United States. 
The fazenda (farm) of Engenho Velho, where the trees were ob- 
tained, has been divided in recent years, but a portion of it still 
remains in the possession of Sr. Teixeira’s son. A number of old 
orange trees, uncared for and in bad condition, are still growing on 
the property. Some of these may have been the parents of the young 
plants which were sent to North America. The younger Teixeira 
states that the orchard was planted originally with budded trees from 
the grove of Sr. Barro Reis, in Cabulla, but he knows nothing about 
the young trees supplied to Mr. Schneider. 
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