Citruss · USDA pomological watercolour
Washington Navel Citrus
The Washington Navel is the seedless winter orange that built California's citrus industry. Budwood of a mutation found at Bahia, Brazil reached the USDA in Washington, D.C., around 1870, and two trees were sent to Eliza Tibbets in Riverside, California, in 1873. Nearly every navel orange grown in California descends from them — a commercial significance that made the variety a frequent subject for USDA painters.
| Cultivar | Washington Navel |
|---|---|
| Species | Citrus sinensis |
| Common fruit | Citrus |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Schutt, Ellen Isham, Passmore, Deborah Griscom, Steadman, Royal Charles b., Heiges, Bertha |
| Specimen origin | California, Riverside, Riverside; California, Riverside, Highgrove; California, Los Angeles, Azusa; California, Riveside, Riverside |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 24 |
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00000339, POM00000340, POM00005966, POM00006499, POM00006500, POM00006501, POM00006502, POM00006503, POM00006514, POM00006522, POM00006524, POM00006607, POM00006609, POM00006610, POM00006614, POM00006616, POM00006618, POM00006619, POM00006620, POM00006676, POM00006737, POM00006744, POM00006751, POM00006767.
