Ml SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.) 



fruit is rather elongated, the button flush with the surface, as 

 well as the blossom. When ripe, the skin is light green in 

 color and the flesh light golden yellow. The surface is smooth. 

 Rag tender, juice fairly abundant, one specimen containing 150 

 c. c. The flavor is sweet, rather insipid. Quality good in com- 

 parison with other navel oranges grown in this region. Seeds, 

 none. Navel diameter seven-sixteenths of an inch; navel open- 

 ing three-sixteenths of an inch." 



37750. " Select tree No. 3. A 12-year-old tree, 16 feet in height,, 

 18 feet in spread, drooping and spreading in form, with a trunk 

 circumference of 20 inches. The foliage is dense, dark green 

 in color; no spines. No variations appear among the 130 

 fruits of the .Tune crop and the 55 fruits of the December 

 crop. A typical fruit weighs 480 grams, is 12i inches in cir- 

 cumference, 4 inches in diameter, with a skin three-sixteenths 

 of, an inch in thickness. The core diameter is half an inch. 

 Button and blossom flush with skin. When ripe, the skin is 

 yellowish green, the flesh being deep golden yellow. The surface 

 is smooth in texture. Rag tender, flesh very juicy, one specimen 

 containing 170 c. c. Flavor is subacid ; quality good. Navel 

 diameter is five-sixteenths of an inch, navel opening being 

 three-sixteenths of an inch. There are on this tree many 

 blossoms just opening, fruits just set, and small fruits, as well 

 as those mentioned in the June and December crops, indicating 

 a tendency to bear throughout the year." 



37751. " Select tree No. 4. A 25-year-old tree, 20 feet in height, 

 28 feet in spread, erect in habit ; head almost 4 feet above the 

 ground, with a trunk 82 inches in circumference. The foliage 

 is sparse, deep green in color ; spines long and sharp. There 

 are 270 fruits in the June crop and 12 in the December crop. 

 Selected because of the erect habit of the tree and on account 

 of the fact that it is reported that the fruits frequently contain 

 seeds." 



• 37752. Citrus SINENSIS (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange. 



From the grove of Col. Frederico da Costa, Matatu, Bahia. 



" Tree 2-8-2. A tree about 8 years old, 14 feet in height, 15 feet in 

 spread, erect in habit, headed 11 inches above the ground, the trunk 

 being 20i inches in circumference. Foliage dense; very dark green 

 in color; no spines. In the June crop there are 1.56 fruits; in 

 December, 33 fruits. The principal variations appear in flattened 

 fruits and large, protruding navels, although the navel is normally 

 very small," 



37753 to 37759. 



From the grove of Dr. Fortunato da Silva, Cabulla, Bahia. ^* 



37753. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Tenore) Swingle. 



Tangerine. 



" Select tree No. 5. A tree about 25 years old, 12 feet in height, 

 22 feet in spread; head 2 feet above the ground, spreading in 

 form with a trunk 30 inches in circumference. Foliage dense, 



