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Fig. 1.— Diagram showing the average annual production of the 75 individual trees of the Valencia strain 

 in the investigational performance-record plat for the 4-year period, 1912 to 1915, inclusive. The trees 

 are here ranked in the order of their average total crop, expressed in pounds. The weight of the fruit of 

 the three commercial grades is also shown for each tree. 



production is followed by a small' crop the next year, with the return 

 of a normal crop the succeeding season. Usually these trees show a gen- 

 eral increase in production during a period of years. This tree (rank 

 54) produced its small crops in the even years. The tree listed in 

 rank 35 is also of this alternate-bearing character but bears its small 



