10 IMPROVEMENT OF CITRUS FRUTTS THROUGH BUD SELECTION. 



graded, sized, weighed, and counted, and the notes are takt'n in order 

 to avoid any possible confusion, mistake, or loss of fruit. The fruit 

 is then taken to the packing house and packed with the other fruit 

 from the grove. To anyone familiar with the difficulty in securing 



Fi(i. 1.— Ideal type of tree of tlie Wiishiiigton Navel orange, the most productive tree in 1910. The 

 crop is practically all borne on inside branches. 



reliable data in corn, tobacco, or other })reeding work it is apparent 

 that this work is simply done and is more valuable as a basis for selec- 

 tion than in the case of data secured from cross-fertilized plants or 

 annual crops of any kind. 



PHOTOGRAPHS. 



Two photograi)hs are taken of each tree— one before and one 

 after picking The photograph before picking gives an idea of the 



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