THE ORANGE IN CALIFORNIA — VARIETIES. 



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River's Navel. — Fruit medium, ripens late. Tree large and 

 productive. Grown extensively by A. S. Chapman, at San 

 Gabriel, who considers it one of the best varieties to grow. 



Double Imperial Navel. — Imported from Florida; inferior. 



Whitney's Seedless. — Florida. 



Atwood^s Seedless. — Florida. 



Ormand's Prize. — Florida. 



Sanford's. — Pink-tinted flesh; Florida. 



Navel Blood. — Florida. 



Brazilian Navel. ' ^ - - — 



St. Michael Type. 



PaperRindSt. 

 Michael. — Fruit 

 small, round, very 

 firm, and very juicy; 

 pale, thin skin; grows' 

 uniformly in sizei 

 Ripens late and keep4 -^ 

 well on the tree. Tree 

 of a semi-dwarf habit, 

 medium thorny, a "'-;^: 

 good bearer. This is ^ ;., 



the thinnest skinned 

 orange grown, and i: 

 very popular. 



Small St. Michaet. 

 Fruit very small; has;f, 

 thick, coarse skin; in-r 

 ferior. 



Large St. Michael^/ 

 A variety without pos| 

 sessing the St. Michael 

 characteristics. Fruit 

 large and coarse; tree 

 thorny. 



Azorean St. Mi- 

 chael. — Fruit medi- 

 um to large, solid, 

 pulp fine and melting, 



medium thin rind, cross section ol Paper Kmd st Michael— natural size. 



Paper Kind St. Michael— natural size. 



