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STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



Thompson's Improved Navel reduced. 



fornia pair may not command the admiration that do the his- 

 torical ones cited, they should merit the fostering care of a 

 grateful people, for they revolutionized the orange industry in 



its infancy through- 

 out California, and 

 made possible great 

 profits in the devel- 

 opmentof an orange 

 which is unsurpass- 

 ed in the world. 

 To-day, these trees, 

 whose progeny has 

 amassed millions, 

 stand apart from 

 their fellows, re- 

 ceiving meager at- 

 tention, but still 

 producing 'golden 

 apples ' in limited 

 quanti ties one 

 which I was allow- 

 ed to pluck showing 

 a measurement of 

 twelve inches in 

 circumference and 

 weighing a trifle 

 over a pound." 



THOMPSON'S IM- 

 PROVED NAVEL. 

 Originated by A. C. 

 Thompson, of 

 Duarte. Fruit 

 large and solid, 

 juicy and sweet, of 

 very fine texture. 

 Rind very smooth, 

 oil cells small. Tree is very prolific, and bears early. 



AUSTRALIAN NAVEL. Fruit seedy, varying in size from large 

 to small, and splits at the navel, which is usually large and 

 prominent. Tree strong grower, but a very shy bearer. 



Cross-section of Thompson's Improved Navel- 

 reduced. 



