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Table III. — Performance record of individual Valencia orange trees of different strains, 

 showing the iveight and number of the fruits of each grade and size and the variable fruits 

 produced, detailed for the season of 1915, and also summarized for jour seasons, 1912 to 

 1915, inclusive — Continued. 



-TREE No. 23-85-10, VALENCIA STRAIN, LISTED IN RANK 32 IN TABLES 

 I AND II— Continued. 

 Summarized Record for Four Seasons. 



Section A. 



Grades and sizes. 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Total. 



Aver- 

 age. 



Weight of fruits: 



Lbs. oz. 

 91 5 

 19 1 

 7 



Lbs. oz. 



96 9 



19 1 



7 9 



Lbs. oz. 



Ill 4 



16 11 



2 8 



Lbs. oz. 



119 11 



64 15 



12 



Lbs. oz. 



418 13 



119 12 



17 13 



104.7 





29.9 



Culls 



4.5 









117 6 



123 3 



130 7 



185 6 



556 6 



139.1 







Sizes— 



5 t 



8 3 



8 3 



30 9 



20 14 



25 14 



4 7 



4 4 



2 



12 



36 1 



22 1 



14 12 



21 9 



9 5 



7 11 



2 15 



1 4 











36 1 

 44 10 

 26 15 

 17 5 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 



12 4 



29 14 



31 14 



71 6 



27 11 



11 1 



8 















89 10 

 104 12 



81 12 

 140 13 



60 14 



44 10 

 7 14 

 5 8 

 2 

 12 



22.4 



250 



26.2 



216 



20.4 



200 



35.2 



176 . 



15.2 



150 



11.1 



126 



2.0 



112 



1.4 



96 



. 5 







Total 



110 6 



115 10 



127 15 



184 10 



53S 9 



134.6 







Number of fruits: 



204 

 46 

 17 



295 



77 

 78 



302 

 53 

 13 



319 

 195 



4 



1,120 

 371 

 112 



280.0 





92.8 



Culls 



28.0 









267 



450 



368 



518 



1,603 



400.8 







Sizes — 



17 



24 



22 



73 



45 



50 



8 



7 



3 



1 



161 



73 



42 



54 



20 



15 



5 



2 











119 



124 



67 



39 



6 























47 



95 



" 94 



188 



65 



24 



1 















344 



316 



225 



354 



136 



89 



14 



9 



3 



1 



86.0 



250 



216 



200 



176 



150 



126 



112 



96 



80 and larger 



79.0 



56.25 



88.5 



34.0 



22. 25 



3.5 



2. 25 



.75 



.25 



Total 



250 



372 



355 



514 



1,491 



372. 75 



Section B.— TREE No. 23-S5- 



CORRUGATED STRAIN, LISTED IX RANK 47 IN TABLES 

 I AND II. 



[In 1912 and 1913 the fruits of this tree were not assorted according to size.] 

 Detailed Record for the Season of 1915. 1 





Orchard grade. 



Standard grade. Total. 



Cull fruits. 



Grand total. 



Sizes of fruits. 



Weight. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Weight. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Weight. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Weight. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Weight. 



Num- 

 ber. 





Lbs. oz. 

 0. 

 2 

 2 4 

 15 3 

 8 13 

 8 14 

 6 6 

 

 

 





 7 

 7 

 39 

 20 

 18 

 12 

 

 

 



Lbs. oz. 



4 1 



8 10 



10 12 



14 6 



18 2 



4 15 



2 5 



11 











15 



26 



29 



36 



40 



10 



4 



1 











Lbs. oz. 



4 1 



10 10 



13 



29 9 



26 15 



13 13 



8 11 



11 











15 



33 



36 



75 



60 



28 



16 



1 











Lbs. oz. 





Lbs. oz. 





250 











211' 











200 











176 











150 











126 











112 











96 











80 and larger 





















Total 



43 S 



11)3 



63 14 



161 | 1117 (\ 



264 



10 



3 



108 



267 







Seeds found: 



Small fruits 





7 

 4 

 8 





2 

 2 





9 

 6 

 12 







 1 

 2 





9 











j 



Large fruits 







4 





14 













1 Notes. — Total crop, 2J boxes. Corrugated fruits tend to be long and pear shaped, greenish yellow in 

 color. Spjrts: Wrinkled, 1; Corrugated, 132; Ridged, 7; Creased, 4; Sunken section, 1; Yellow section, 1; 

 Long, 2; Green section, 1; Ridged and Creased, 3; Granular, 11; Half Corrugated, Half Standard, 1. 



