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BULLETIN 1483, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
The typical fruits are small and globular, yellow in color, with a 
very smooth texture, thin rind, very tender rag, and an abundance 
of juice of high quality. Frequently the skins of these fruits have 
small knobs or streaks of orange red, as is the case with Yellow 
strain fruits in the Washington Navel orange. The yields of the 
Small Yellow strain trees are light in comparison with those of 
Valencia strain trees, as regards both number and weight of oranges. 
On account of their small size and pale color, these fruits are of very 
Fig. 14. — Fruits of the Small Yellow (left) and normal (right) strains of the Valencia 
orange. These were produced on progeny tree listed as No. 10-49 in Table 12, which 
was propagated from an unstable limb variation of the Small Yellow strain. Riverside, 
Calif., January, 1926. (About four-fifths natural size) 
inferior commercial value under prevailing market conditions. They 
ripen about a month earlier than normal Valencia oranges, and for 
this reason may prove to be of some value for local or home use 
under some conditions. 
The performance records of two progeny trees which were propa- 
gated from limb variations of the Small Yellow strain in two 
