THE ORANGE IN CALIFORNIA — VARIETIES. 51 



short, stout, not winged base.— Sik John Lubbock, "Contribution to Our 

 Knowledge of Seedlings," Vol. I, 1892. 



ORANGE TYPES— VARIETIES. 



(rt) Seedlings* that have lost their parental characteristics 

 through degeneration; 



{b) Modified Seedlings, types produced by chance, through 

 natural intermixing of pollen, with characteristics unlike their 

 parent, remaining constant but with tendency to revert to the 

 mother type; 



(c) Hybrids. 



(a) SEEDLING TYPES, produced by chance. 



Mayberry's Premier. — Originated at San Gabriel. 

 Cooper's Seedling.— Originated at Santa Barbara. 

 Kercheval's Queen. — Originated at Los Angeles. 

 Baldwin's Favorite. — Originated at San Gabriel. 

 Nicaraguan. — Originated at Los Angeles. 

 Tahiti. — Originated at Los Angeles. 

 I XL. — Originated at Los Angeles. 

 Eureka. — Originated at Los Angeles. 

 AcAPULCo. — Originated at Los Angeles. 



(6) MODIFIED TYPES, produced by chance, the embryo in 

 the seed having been influenced by natural cross-pollina- 

 tion and remaining constant. 



Wolfskill's Best. — Originated at Los Angeles; fruit some- 

 what flattened and medium to large, deep orange red, fine 

 grain and pulp; ripens early. 



KoNAH. — Originated at Los Angeles. Fruit large, rough and 

 thick-skinned; tree very thorny; ripens early. 



.JopPA. — Originated at San Gabriel. Fruit medium to large, 

 oblong, and uniform. 



Wilson's Best (syn., Lake Vineyard). — Originated at San 

 Gabriel. Fruit medium to large; tree handsome grower. 



(c) HYBPvIDS. 



Navel Type. 



Washington Navel. — This variety is the most widely known 

 and is properly styled the " king of oranges." The fruit has 



*The term " seedling" is applied to any type of orange reared indiscrimi- 

 nately from seed. 



