BUD SELECTION IN THE VALENCIA ORANGE 
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otherwise apparently normal Valencia trees are shown in Table 12, 
together with the record of a comparable progeny tree propagated 
from a normal limb of a tree of the Valencia strain. It will be 
noted that the two progeny trees of the Small Yellow strain have 
produced both small yellow and normal fruits, as was the case in the 
fruiting of the parent limbs. Typical fruit from one of these trees 
is shown in Figure 14. The total yields of the two Small Yellow 
strain progeny trees for the performance-record period are smaller 
than that of the comparable Valencia strain progeny tree. 
MISSHAPEN-LEAF STRAIN 
The trees of the Misshapen-Leaf strain are easily distinguished 
on account of their sparse foliage and irregular misshapen leaves, 
which are slightly variegated and show a very pronounced chlorotic 
condition during the winter months. They are similar in habit of 
growth to the trees of the Valencia strain, but their sparse foliage 
gives them an open appearance. 
The fruits are small and pear shaped or elongated, yellowish 
orange in color, with coarse texture, tough rag, and a normal quan- 
tity of juice of only fair quality. The peculiar shape and small size 
of these fruits render them of inferior commercial value. 
The performance records of three progeny trees propagated from 
a limb variation of this strain are shown in Table 13. Each of these 
trees has produced one or more branches bearing normal foliage and 
fruit, an apparent reversion to the Valencia strain, but the larger 
part of each tree is typical of the variation. The total production of 
each of the Misshapen-Leaf strain progeny trees has been from one- 
third to one-half that of a comparable progeny tree which was 
propagated from a normal branch of a near-by Valencia tree. The 
commercial quality as well as the quantity of fruit produced by the 
Misshapen-Leaf strain progeny trees have been so poor as to render 
their crops of little or no value. 
Table 13. — Records of annual production of progeny trees propagated in 1915 
from a limb variation with misshapen, somewhat variegated leaves and pear- 
shaped fruit in a Valencia orange tree compared ivith records from a tree 
propagated from a normal limb in a near-by tree 
Source of buds 
Number of fruits produced by progeny trees 
Prog- 
eny 
tree 
Par- 
ent 
tree 
No. 
Limb 
Pear shaped 
Normal 
No. 
CN 
A 
CN 
CT> 
s 
CN 
OS 
CN 
OS 
cn 
CO 
CN 
OS 
cn 
■* 
CN 
OS 
CO 
CN 
J, 
§ 
5 
o 
Eh 
CN 
A 
CN 
OS 
CN 
CN 
<N 
CS 
CN 
OS 
3 
CS 
CN 
<N 
OS 
CO 
CM 
J> 
CN 
CS 
. o 
Eh 
"3 
o 
11-17 
11-19 
11-19 
12-19 
1 140 
176 
[Limb variation with 
misshapen, some- 
< what variegated 
leaves and pear- 
(. shaped fruits. 
ti 
19 
2 
6 
47 
48 
33 
20 
65 
18 

4 

302 
234 
173 
388 
355 
232 


4 
21 
25 

7 
63 
15 
20 
17 
163 
55 
86 
53 
356 
1 
8 

120 
10 
52 
54 
338 
106 
166 
135 
1,061 
494 
521 
367 
1,061 
The sparse condition of the foliage of the progeny trees is shown 
in Figure 15, and typical leaves from one of them are shown in 
Figure 16. The pear-shaped fruits of this strain are illustrated in 
Figure 17. 
