| Show X X X X sic X X re X X X X X X X X Addition to List of Fruits Without Seeds There have lon long been ben se seedless oranges or or- anges anes lemons and ann grapefruit and und no now t there thee are seedless apples appes A seedless fruit fult does n not not t propagate It Its own species It grafts itself on branches brandies grown from fruit with fo seeds eeds The Time seedy mothe provides the fecundity the seedless fruit gives the tire pulp arid and lid the flavor The idea of a u seedless tipple apple comes from the seedless oran orange e of Califor lIa u a freak of nature discovered over overa a u hundred years e lS l'S n ago o About 1820 u 11 missionary of Bahia Brazil discovered u a new v kind of orange growing wild which contained seeds of propagation l nut not In Its Us own body but In a little I sac tac ac at the top He sent 12 L. L A of ot the I Lees 10 to U me we united States and al although iii- iii though they did not live long lone others other w were re budded from them and arc are budding bud bud- ding dint still A Mrs I Eliza Tibbets gave us Wash Wash- Ington Navels Kavels oranges without seeds One of the time trees she planted In 1873 3 Is still alive I and P producing good fruit Next in n favor come came come wit with h about u a seed HIie apiece e. e It Is s as well wet hI I I they retain It for California grows grow rows s i I most pf lIt the best oranges es of the world and und if there wel were no seeds oe s there would d J I soon be he no oran oranges es I |
