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tion. A navel is, in reality, the consolidation of two oranges, 

 one rudimentary, whose atrophied remains occupy the distal 

 extremity of the developed fruit. In the market are found only 

 specimens in which the abortive orange is merely vestigial, and 

 is entirely included within the rind of the developed one, its pres- 



Syncarpy, atrophy, and fission in lemons. 



ence being indicated by a small orifice, the so-called "navel." 

 But among the "culls," which are rejected in packing, may be 

 found abundant examples in which the secondary orange is more 

 nearly normal, and is often more or less, occasionally entirely, 

 exterior to the other. It may even contain a few reduced carpels 

 with juicy cells, but is always wrinkled and corrugated. In other 



