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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



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



37768. " Tree 2-9-5. A tree about 8 years old, 15 feet in 

 height, 15 feet in spread, erect and open in habit, headed 

 16 inches above the ground, with a trunli 21| inches in 

 circumference. The foliage is dense on the outside of the 

 tree, dark green in color ; no spines. In the .Tune crop 

 there are 210 fruits and in the December crop 35. The 

 shape of the fruit varies considerably. There are some 

 large navels, although the navel is normally very small. 

 Selected because of its rather peculiar, upright, open habit 

 of growth and small leaves. It is distinct in type from 

 the typical navel orange tree in Bahia." 



37769. " Tr^^e 2-10-2. A tree about 8 years old, 14 feet in 

 height, 16 feet in spread, headed about 15 inches above 

 the ground, spreading in habit, with a trunk 19i inches 

 in circumference. Its foliage is very dense, dark green in 

 color ; no spines. In the June crop there are 297 fruits 

 and 20 in the December crop, among which there are no 

 apparent variations. The navel is uniformly very small. 

 Selected because of the preponderance of June fruits." 



37770. " Tree 2-10-1. A tree about 8 years old, 14 feet in 

 height, 15 feet in spread, of drooping habit, headed 17 

 inches above the ground, with a trunk 18 inches in cir- 

 cumference. The foliage is very dense, dark green; no 

 spines. There are 98 fruits in the June crop and 97 in 

 the December crop. The fruit variations are very notice- 

 able on this tree, the principal ones being cylindrical and 

 fifttened shapes, the fruit wrinkled, very large and pro- 

 truding navels, and very large navel openings. The navel 

 varies from very small to very large. A typical specimen 

 rrom this tree weighs 340 grams, is 11| inches in circum- 

 rerence, 3| inches in diameter, the skin is one-sixteenth 

 of an inch thick, and the core is one-half inch in diam- 

 eter. The shape is most commonly flattened, the button 

 flush with the surface, the blossom sunken. The color is 

 yellowish green, with the flesh deep golden yellow. The 

 surface is very smooth. The rag is coarse and the flesh 

 fairly juicy, a typical specimen containing 130 c. c. of 

 juice. The flavor is subacid and the quality good. This 

 variety is unusually thin skinned." 



37771. CiTBUS NOBiLis DELiciosA (Teuore) Swingle. 



Tang-erine. 



" Tree 2-6-2. Tree about 11 feet in height, 12 feet in spread, 

 headed 17^ inches above the ground, spreading in habit, the 

 trunk being 18 inches in circumference. The foliage is very 

 dense, light green in color ; many large spines. There are no 

 fruits in the June crop, but 565 in the December crop, among 

 which two w^ere found with small navels. Typical fruit weighs 

 about 120 grams, is 8f inches in circumference, 2f inches in 

 diameter, and skin one-eighth of an inch thick, and the core 

 five-eighths of an inch in diameter. The shape is flattened, 

 button flush with surface, blossom slightly sunken. The surface 

 is yellowish green in color, the flesh pinkish. The rag is tender, 



