JANUARY 1 TO MAECH 31, 1914. 



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36942 to 36954 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.) 



3G948. CiTuus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Sweet orange. 



"(No. 51. Bahia, Brazil, December 19, 1913.) Thirty-seven bud sticks 

 from navel orange tree No. 1-6-1, grove of Col. Demetrio- Luiz de Souza, 

 Cruz do Cosme, Bahia. This tree is the best in the De Souza grove. 

 Height, 18 feet; spread, 21 feet. Habit of growth, spreading; height of 

 head, 18 inches; three main branches; dense dark-green foliage. Leaves 

 elliptical, medium size. Petiole medium, no thorns. Fruits, June crop, 

 237; December crop, 49; total, 286. No variations observed in the fruits. 

 December fruits yellowish green ; navel small to medium, usually rudi- 

 mentary. Brown and other common scales, lichens, and common fungi 

 on trees. Much mottle-leaf; little gummosis. Tree 25 years old, with 

 few small dead branches. Fruits large, symmetrical, and uniform. 

 Should be tried in California for improved navel type." 



36949 to 36951. Citrus spp. Lime orange. 



From Bahia, Brazil. Collected December 19, 1913. 



" Bud sticks of laranja lima, or lime orange, from trees 1 to 3, fazenda 

 of Col. Joao de Teive e Argollo, Agua Comprida, 28 kilometers north of 

 Bahia. Large, thrifty trees; very fruitful. Very little mottle-leaf or 

 gum disease. Dense foliage, large dark-green leaves. Petioles similar to 

 those of the navel orange. Crop borne at different intervals throughout 

 the year, similar to the navel orange. Fruit light green in color, skin 

 medium thick, flesh tender, very juicy, the juice spurting from fruit when 

 cut. Flesh light golden in color, very little rag. Flavor combines that 

 of the orange and lime ; very good. With more acid, as the navel orange 

 grown in California shows compared to the same fruit in Bahia, the 

 laranja lima will furnish a valuable fruit drink. Five or six seeds were 

 found in the fruits cut. Col. Argollo says trees come true from seed. 

 The trees are more productive than those of the navel orange under the 

 same conditions and sell for more money at Agua Comprida, bringing 100 

 to 120 reis (3 J to 4 cents) apiece throughout the year. While the leaves 

 have the petiole of the navel orange, the shape and serrations resemble 

 more closely those of the leaves of lima doce, or sweet lime. Should be 

 tried in California and Florida, more particularly in California. The 

 fruits produced are about the same size as navel oranges grown under 

 the same conditions on Col. Argollo's ranch. Fruits egg shaped and of 

 desirable shape and size for commercial packing. Will average 96 to 175 

 fruits to the California box." 



36949. "No. 52. From tree No. 1. Tree had no thorns." 



36950. "No. 53. From tree No. 2. Tree had large thorns." 



36951. " No. 54. From tree No. 3. Tree had no thorns." 



36952. Pereskia sp. 



"(No. 55. Bahia, Brazil, December 19, 1913.) Cuttings of the surucucii, 

 from a hedge in front of the orange grove of Col. Frederico de Costa, 

 Matatu, Bahia. The thorns of this plant, of which samples were sent, 

 it was thought might prove valuable for phonograph needles, but trial 

 showed them to be too brittle. The plant grows 15 to 18 feet high, with 

 a cluster of thorns at each leaf axil. For trial in California and Florida." 



