The Journal of Heredity 
ORANGE TREE AT SUNW UI NEAR HONGKONG, CHINA 
The fruits of this tree resemble the smooth strain of the Valencia variety; the habit of growth 
and foliage characteristics are also similar. 
The long white leafless canes in the foreground are 
mulberry bushes, which in China are frequently interplanted between the rows of citrus or- 
chards. (Fig. 22.) 
nize it as a distinct variety among the 
sweet oranges. 
At Kua Tscha the nurserymen were 
questioned as to the origin of the bud 
wood. They did not recognize the 
trees bearing these fruits as belonging 
to a distinct variety; they merely 
obtained bud wood from nearby trees 
of the locality. All sweet oranges 
(Citrus sinensis) were called ‘‘Soh 
Kaa,’ which translated means ‘‘coolie 
orange,’ and there seemed to be no 
special name for this variety in this 
locality. None of the growers knew 
of the time of the advent of this orange 
into their locality and seemed to regard 
it as having been the usual fruit for years 
The above information was obtained 
through the very kind and explicit 
Mr. Chang, Inter- 
American Consulate, 
interpreting of 
preter of the 
Swatow. 
SIMILAR FRUITS FROM CHINA 
The fruit specimens collected at 
Sunwui and Kua Tscha were carried 
to Washington for determination. Ex- 
amination by the junior writer evi- 
denced that they corresponded very 
closely with the descriptions and 
detailed characters of the Smooth and 
Long strains of the California Valencia 
variety as described by Shamel, Scott, 
and Pomeroy in the publication pre- 
viously mentioned. The fruits were, 
of course, not in the best of condition, 
having been six weeks en route from 
Hong Kong to Washington without 
