BUD VARIATION IN THE VALENCIA ORANGE. 
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Section B of Table IV shows the groups of trees of the different 
strains ranked according to the average annual crop of first, or 
Orchard, grade fruit produced. This change alters the relative 
position of several of the strains, but the Valencia strain is still at 
the head and the Barren strain at the foot of the list. 
Table IV. — Average annual crop of groups of trees of the variable strains of the Valencia 
orange occurring in the investigational performance-record plat, showing production by 
commercial grades for the 4-year period, 1912 to 1915, inclusive. 
Trees. 
Average annual production per tree 
(pounds). 
Description. 
Num- 
ber. 
Orchard 
Standard 
grade. 
Cull 
fruits. 
Total 
crop. 
Section A.— Ranked according to their average total crops: 
Highest producing Valencia strain 
Valencia strain 
Sporting strain 
Corrugated strain 
Long strain 
Coarse strain 
Rough strain 
Lowest producing Valencia strain 
Small Yellow strain 
Unproductive strain 
Smooth strain 
Yellow strain 
Lowest producing trees 
Barren strain 
General average . 
Section B.— Ranked according to the weight of fruit of 
Orchard grade produced: 
Highest producing Valencia strain 
Valencia strain 
Sporting strain 
Long strain 
Lowest producing Valencia strain 
Smooth strain ." 
Coarse strain 
Unproductive strain 
Yellow strain '. 
Small Yellow strain 
Lowest producing trees 
Rough strain 
Corrugated strain 
Barren strain 
General average . 
125.9 
92.8 
80.7 
24.7 
66.5 
53.1 
27.6 
61.6 
36.1 
50.0 
60.6 
36.5 
28.2 
78. 
125.9 
92.8 
80.7 
66.5 
61.6 
60.6 
53.1 
50.0 
36.5 
36.1 
28.2 
27.6 
24.7 
33.6 
39.0 
87.4 
35.8 
40.4 
69.2 
25.8 
36.8 
22.8 
11.8 
28.4 
18.2 
2.8 
6.1 
5.5 
7.9 
1.4 
4.9 
6.2 
1.7 
3.7 
6.2 
4.4 
3.4 
7.2 
4.0 
2.3 
171.6 
131.8 
127. 6 
113.5 
107.2 
99.7 
98.5 
91.1 
79.1 
77.2 
75.8 
72.1 
50.4 
6.0 
120 
39.6 
33.6 
39.0 
35.8 
25.8 
11.8 
40.4 
22.8 
28. 4 
36.8 
18.2 
69.2 
87.4 
2.8 
6.1 
5.5 
7.9 
4.9 
3.7 
3.4 
6.2 
4.4 
7.2 
6.2 
4.0 
1.7 
1.4 
2.3 
171.6 
131.8 
127.6 
107.2 
91.1 
75.8 
99.7 
77.2 
72.1 
79.1 
50.4 
98.5 
113.5 
6.0 
36.4 
5.1 
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It should be noted that the 10 highest producing trees of the 
Valencia strain are also the 10 highest producing trees in the plat, 
irrespective of strain. Table I shows that the highest producing 
tree of a strain other than the Valencia is twenty-eighth in rank. 
Figure 2 shows graphically the percentages of Orchard, Standard, 
and Cull grade fruits in the average annual production of groups of 
trees of the various strains represented in the investigational per- 
formance-record plat. This diagram can best be interpreted by com- 
paring it with Table IV, which shows the actual average crops of 
these groups of trees of the different strains. Although the trees of 
the Smooth strain head the list in figure 2, their actual average pro- 
duction was only 60.6 pounds of Orchard-grade fruit, with a total 
production of 75.8 pounds, so that in value to the grower they are 
