THE ORANGE IN CALIFORNIA VARIETIES. 51 



short, stout, not winged base. SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, " Contribution to Our 

 Knowledge of Seedlings," Vol. I, 1892. 



ORANGE TYPES-VARIETIES. 



(a) SEEDLINGS* that have lost their parental characteristics 

 through degeneration; 



(b) MODIFIED SEEDLINGS, types produced by chance, through 

 natural intermixing of pollen, with characteristics unlike their 

 parent, remaining constant but with tendency to revert to the 

 mother type; 



~(c) HYBRIDS. 



(a) SEEDLING TYPES, produced by chance. 



MAYBERRY'S PREMIER. Originated at San Gabriel. 

 COOPER'S SEEDLING. Originated at Santa Barbara. 

 KERCHEVAL'S QUEEN. Originated at Los Angeles. 

 BALDWIN'S FAVORITE. Originated at San Gabriel. 

 NICARAGUAN. Originated at Los Angeles. 

 TAHITI. Originated at Los Angeles. 

 I XL. Originated at Los Angeles. 

 EUREKA. Originated at Los Angeles. 

 ACAPULCO. Originated at Los Angeles. 



(6) MODIFIED TYPES, produced by chance, the embryo in 

 the seed having been influenced by natural cross-pollina- 

 tion and remaining constant. 



WOLFSKILL'S BEST. Originated at Los Angeles; fruit some- 

 what flattened and medium to large, deep orange red, fine 

 grain and pulp; ripens early. 



KONAH. Originated at Los Angeles. Fruit large, rough and 

 thick-skinned; tree very thorny; ripens early. 



JOPPA. Originated at San Gabriel. Fruit medium to large, 

 oblong, and uniform. 



WILSON'S BEST (syn., Lake Vineyard). Originated at San 

 Gabriel. Fruit medium to large; tree handsome grower. 



(c) HYBRIDS. 



Navel Type. 



WASHINGTON NAVEL. This variety is the most widely known 

 and is properly styled the " king of oranges." The fruit has 



*The term " seedling " is applied to any type of orange reared indiscrimi- 

 nately from seed. 



