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Continuing, he said the two trees mentioned before were imported into 

 Jamaic i about 30 years ago, at the same time as California and Florida 

 obtained their navel trees, and all came originally from Bahia in Brazil ; 

 and while Florida and California, especially the latter, have made these 

 oranges famous the world over, the two trees imported into Jamaica 

 were only re-discovered a few years ago. I have propagated largely 

 from this variety, and expect great results from it. I shall refer to 

 this variety as the Bahia navel 



It is large to very large, full of juice, skin very thin for so large an 

 orange, and I firmly believe will make a good shipper The tree is a 

 quick and healthy grower and, instead of making long growths, puts on. 

 bearing wood very rapidly. It is free from inserts, and a variety that 

 I would conscientiously recommeud every one to plant. 



[Exhibits of these were also shown by Mr. L^vy.] 



Then there is the "Washington" Navel, of which I spoke before, in 

 connection with Florida and California. It scarcely differs from the 

 *' Ba ia" except that it is n t *o large. The flesh is more "meaty", and 

 has not such a quantity of juice, neither do?s it make as much growth 

 in the same time, and, with me, is just as liable to scale insect as any 

 other variety. It is the standard orange of America and I think would 

 pay to grow. 



Next is "Parson's" Navel. I can't say anything of this variety, not 

 having much to do with it. 



I imported from Mr. A. C. Thomson, of Duarte, California, a couple 

 of years ago, some buds of his famous " Improved Navel," which is 

 said to be a great improvement on the " Washington," but the trees 

 have not yet fruited, so I can give no opinion on them. 



Then we have the family of Maltese oranges of which u Jaffa," 

 "Majorca," and " Joppa" are the ohief, I am not in favour of these 

 at all. My experience has been a continual fight with scale insects, 

 and although the flavour and texture are excellent, yet as soon as the 

 rains set in, they become soft and quite unsuitable for shipment. 



This leads us on to an endless variety of seedlings of Floridan origin ; 

 "Homosassa," "Nonpareil," "Centennial," "Pineapple," " Ruby," &c. 

 Of these I cm only advise " Pineapple, which is a grand orange, its 

 only drawback being th 3 quantity of seeds that it contains. It has a 

 nice rich flavour, d ep coloured flesh, a thin, smooth, tough and bright 

 orange coloured skin and altogether a most desirable sort. Its manner 

 of growth is vigorous and healthy I have not had occasion to spray 

 one of my trees. 



We must now turn to the late varieties. These comprise " Hart's 

 Tardif," " Bessie," and " Valencia," I can say nothing of the last men- 

 tioned, as my trees have not yet fruited, " Tardif" and " Bessie" I think 

 the same orange, at least it wou'd tike a pret y keea judge to find any 

 difference between the two. 



I never thought an orange could possess so tou^h a skin as that I 

 find in "Tardif." If packed and cured for a few days it is with diffi- 

 culty one can tear it. The tree is a vigorous grower and very shapely. 

 The truic when ripe is excellent, resembling very much one of the better 

 class of our own Jamaica oranges, and I had oranges of this variety that 

 partly ripened last year October, and were still g)ol ia June this year, 

 when I picked off the crop. 



