BUD VAKIATION IN THE WASHINGTON NAVEL OEANGE. 21 



ton trees. The habit of growth is open and drooping and the foliage 

 semidense, in some cases the leaves being rather small and sharply 

 pointed. 



The fruits, illustrations of which are shown in Plate VIII, figures 

 1,2, and 3, usually are globular in shape and of small to medium 

 size. The rind is thin and has a ribbed appearance, but is fairly 

 smooth. The color usually is dull orange. The rag is tender and 

 small in quantity, and the juice is abundant and of good flavor and 

 quality. The fruit is seedless and the navel small and incon- 

 spicuous. The principal objections to this strain from the commer- 

 cial standpoint are the small size of the fruits and their fluted appear- 

 ance. The fruits of this strain have been found to occur as occasional 

 individual fruit sports in trees of Washington and other strains, and 

 infrequently as limb sports in Washington and Thomson trees. 



PEAR-SHAPE STRAIN. 



The trees of the Pear-Shape strain usually are low producers, are 

 finely branched, and have an upright habit of growth and rather 

 sparse foliage of small, sharply pointed leaves. 



The fruits, illustrations of which are shown in Plate IX, are pyri- 

 form in shape, usually having a rather large collar or neck at the 

 stem end, and are small to medium in size. The rind is rather coarse 

 in texture and usually very thic.v and is yellowish orange in color. 

 The rag is abundant and frequently coarse and the juice is small in 

 quantity and inferior in quality. The fruits are seedless and the 

 navels usually small. This strain is of inferior commercial value, but 

 of interest from the standpoint of its occurrence as individual fruit 

 and limb variations in trees of the Washington and other strains. 



PROTRUDING-NAVEL STRAIN. 



One of the interesting strains of the Washington Navel orange is 

 that in which the fruits develop large, secondary oranges, or navels, 

 and large navel openings. The navel formations may be entirely 

 inclosed within the rind of the primary oranges, in which cases the 

 fruits are usually elongated and abnormal in shape, or the secondary 

 fruits may entirely protrude through the navel openings. Fruits 

 with large interior navels are objectionable because they can not be 

 eaten conveniently with a spoon. Fruits with protruding navels 

 are subject to injuries in handling, which frequently lead to decay. 

 The trees of this strain usually show more than ordinarily vigorous 

 vegetative growth and have very large leaves. 



The fruits, illustrations of which are shown in Plate X, frequently 

 are irregular in shape and large in size. The coarse, thick rinds are 

 deep orange in color. The rag is coarse and the juice abundant and 

 of fair quality. The fruit is seedless, and the navels very large and 



