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fruits. Occasionally normal Rub\- blood 

 oranges were found on the limbs bear- 

 ing dry fruits. In some other cases cer- 

 tain sections or cells in the dry fruits 

 contained normal Ruby blood juice. 



entire: trees I5EAR DRV ERUITS. 



While studying the limb sports bear- 

 ing dry oranges, the discovery was made 

 that several entire trees in this orchard 

 bore dry fruits. Some of these trees were 

 fairly prolific, bearing several boxes of 

 fruits each. Heretofore, these dry 

 fruits, from the limb sports and from 

 the entire trees, had been included in 

 the regular pick and pack from the 

 orchard, owing to the lack of knowledge 

 concerning the characteristics of the 

 dry fruits. No doubt the consumers 

 who found these fruits in their pur- 

 chases were disappointed. Since the 

 discovery of the dry limb and tree 

 strain, all of the limbs and trees bearing 

 dry fruits, except those reserved for ex- 

 perimental study, have been pruned out 

 l)y the owner of the orchard. Hereafter, 

 the dry fruits will not be commonly 

 found in the pack from this orchard. 



In most of the trees bearing dry or- 

 anges, one or more small branches were 

 found bearing normal Ruby blood 

 fruits, and in some cases other type? 



of blood oranges. Occasionally, single 

 Ruby blood oranges were found in the 

 dry trees, as well as other variable 

 fruits. Also in normal Ruby blood 

 trees, single dry fruits or small branches 

 bearing several dry oranges, were fre- 

 (juently found by the writer and his as- 

 sociates. 



DRY ORANGE SPORT DANGEROUS. 



Summing up our observations on the 

 dry Ruby blood orange strain in the 

 orchard where these studies are being 

 carried on ; entire trees, large and small 

 limb sports bearing dry fruits and in- 

 dividual dry oranges, were found to be 

 of frequent occurrence. In the dry Ruby 

 blood trees and limbs, normal juicy 

 Ruby blood oranges were found occa- 

 sionally. The dry Ruby blood orange 

 strain is a bud variation of the Ruby 

 blood variety, and commercially is not 

 only worthless but dangerous to the 

 reputation of the crops from orchards 

 containing these dry fruit sports. Un- 

 til recently the dry fruits have usually 

 been included in the regular pack from 

 the orchard. Now the dry limb and 

 tree variations, except those reserved 

 for further study, have been eliminated 

 in the orchard under observation. 



A New Eugenics Organization Founded in Brazil 



Expressing a desire that their country 

 should not lag behind the march of sci- 

 ence, the medical fraternity of Sao 

 Paulo, Brazil, has founded a society de- 

 voted to the physical and moral improve- 

 ment of the human race, which is known 

 as the Socicdadc Eugcnica, dc Sao 

 Paulo. The inaugural meeting was held 

 under the auspices of the Society of 

 Medicine and Surgery and was attended 

 b\- a large and enthusiastic audience, 

 savs the Correio Paidistano. 



After speeches explaining the plans 

 of the eugenists by Dr. Renato Kehl 

 and Dr. Olegario de Moura, election of 

 officers was held. The following were 

 elected : 



Honorary presidents. Dr. Augustino 

 Jose de Sousa Lima and Dr. Amancio 

 de Carvalho ; president, Dr. Arnaldo 

 \"ieira de Carvalho ; vice-president, Dr. 

 Olegario de Moura; secretary, Dr. Re- 

 nato Kehl ; vice-secretaries. Dr. Th. de 

 Alvarenga and Dr. Xavier da Silverira; 

 treasurer. Dr. Argemiro Siqueira. 



