Archive image from page 55 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00lelo Year: 1902 ( 52 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. Navel Type. Washington Navel.—This variety is the most widely known and is properly styled the ' king of oranges.' The fruit has proved of such exceptional quality and is in such general favor that its production overtops all other varieties. The name ''Washington Navel' was applied to this variety in California, to distinguish it from the 'Australian Navel,' a shy bearer with a similar peculiar mark, and because it was received from W
Archive image from page 55 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00lelo Year: 1902 ( 52 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. Navel Type. Washington Navel.—This variety is the most widely known and is properly styled the ' king of oranges.' The fruit has proved of such exceptional quality and is in such general favor that its production overtops all other varieties. The name ''Washington Navel' was applied to this variety in California, to distinguish it from the 'Australian Navel,' a shy bearer with a similar peculiar mark, and because it was received from Washington, having been imported from Brazil by the Department of Agriculture. It was for a time called 'Bahia' (place of origin), also 'Riverside Navel,' denoting the locality where the first trees were planted, and which are the parents of all trees of this variety in the State. The first orange shipments consist of the Washington Navel, which constitute over one half of the output, but it is shipped later in the season, extending into June and July. Fruit large, highly colored, solid and heavy, skin smooth and of a very fine texture, very juicy, highly flavored, with First picture of the Navel orange on melting pulp, SeedlesS (except '°- occasionally—evidently the re- sult of pollen influence). Tree semi-dwarf, good and prolific bearer, medium thorny, a rapid grower and early bearer. Foli- age deep green, heavy and compact, leaves large and promi- nently winged. Branches deep green and smooth, inclined to roundish. Stock sturdy, with well-balanced limbs. The blossoms are double (having a secondary blossom within), and rarely have any pollen. Ripens early. Most of the early publications of Brazil mention the Lavanja de omhigo—Navel orange. The first illustration of the Navel orange appears in a volume, 'Table XVI—Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Fructibus, Libri Decem. Johannis Jonstoni, Medicine Doctoris. Francofurti o/m, MDCLXII' ('The Natu- ral History of Trees
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