THE ORANGE IN CALIFORNIA VARIETIES. 



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RIVER'S NAVEL. Fruit medium, ripens late. Tree large and 

 productive. Grown extensively by A. S. Chapman, at San 

 Gabriel, who considers it one of the best varieties to grow. 



DOUBLE IMPERIAL NAVEL. Imported from Florida; inferior. 



WHITNEY'S SEEDLESS. Florida. 



ATWOOD'S SEEDLESS. Florida. 



ORMAND'S PRIZE. Florida. 



SANFORD'S. Pink- tinted flesh; Florida. 



NAVEL BLOOD. Florida. 



BRAZILIAN NAVEL. 



St. Michael Type. 



PAPER RIND ST. 

 MICHAEL. Fruit 

 small, round, very 

 firm, and very juicy; 

 pale, thin skin; grows 

 uniformly in size. 

 Ripens late and keeps 

 well on the tree. Tree 

 of a semi-dwarf habit, 

 medium thorny, a 

 good bearer. This is 

 the thinnest skinned 

 orange grown, and 

 very popular. 



SMALL ST. MICHAEL. 

 Fruit very small; has 

 thick, coarse skin; in- 

 ferior. 



LARGE ST. MICHAEL. 

 A variety withou t pos- 

 sessing the St. Michael 

 characteristics. FruitjJ 

 large and coarse; treej| 

 thorny. 



AZOREAN ST. Mi-| 

 CHAEL. Fruit medi-1 

 um to large, solid, ^ 

 pulp fine and melting, , 



medium thin rind, Cross-section of Paper Kind St. Michael natural size. 



Paper Rind St. Michael natural size. 



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