BUD SELECTION IN THE VALENCIA ORANGE 
25 
far indicate that they may be inherently more productive than the 
other progeny trees of the Coarse strain in this test. 
Table 11. — Records of annual performance of progeny trees propagated in 1915 
from limb variations of the Coarse strain of the Valencia orange 
Source of buds 
Number of fruits produced by progeny trees 
Prog- 
eny 
Coarse strain Valencia strain 
No. 
Par- 
CM 
eo 
S 
«a 
to 
(M 
C3 
CO 
3 
>o 
1 
o 
ent 
tree 
Limb 
A 
1 
C5 
I 
■A 
cJ 
C3 
es 
22 
3 
OS 
C5 
C5 
03 
O 
Xo. 
*"• 
1-1 
1-1 
1-1 
"- 1 
1-1 
10-45 123 
Limb bearing coarse 
fruits 
7 
/ 26 
\ In 
51 
136 
36 
64 
33 
141 
104 
91 
32 
151 
263 
609 


24 
12 
176 
92 
112 
123 
42 
132 
228 
266 
582 
K45 
11-231 142 
11-24/ li2 
d0 
625 1, 234 
102 
45 
73 
57 
102 394 
1 
14 
31 
50 
98 
127 
32l| 715 
12-9 |\ 171 
12-10 / 171 
do 
U 
33 
22 
274 
6 
400 737 
11 
18 
67 
55 
35 
125 
3111,048 
53 
26 
193 
18 
50 342 
14 
25 
106 
20 
79 
315 
5591 901 
YELLOW STRAINS 
In the original performance-record plot on the Chase plantation 
at Corona, Calif., two distinct classes of Yellow strain fruits were 
observed as individual trees or as limb variations in trees of the 
Valencia strain. In one the fruits were very similar to those of the 
Valencia strain, except in color, whereas in the other the yellow 
fruits were very much smaller in size than the normal Valencia 
fruits. In the propagation of progenies from Yellow strain limb 
variations, buds were taken only from those bearing small yellow 
fruits because of the necessity for limiting these propagations to 
the smallest possible number and by reason of the more striking 
characteristics of the small yellow fruits. Yellow-colored fruits 
are also borne by the trees of several of the other strains, including 
the Persistent- Style, Dwarf, and Misshapen-Leaf strains. 
The trees of the Small Yellow strain have a spreading and droop- 
ing habit of growth, the foliage is of medium density, and the leaves 
are of medium size and sharply pointed. 
Table 12. — Records of annual performance of progeny trees propagated in 1915 
from two limb variations of the Yellow strain occurring in the Valencia 
strain trees compared with records from a normal Valencia tree which was 
propagated from a normal branch of a near-by tree 
Number of fruits produced by progeny trees 
Prog- 
eny 
tree 
Small Yellow strain 
Valencia strain 
No. 
Par- 
ent 
tree 
No. 
Limb 
(N 
1 
9 
1 
CO 
(M 
§ 
3 
C3 
C5 
1 
B 
o 
8 
1 
3 
C5 
? 
C5 
C5 
1 
3 
OS 
l 
1 
o 
10-49 128 
Limb variation bear- 
ing small smooth 
yellow fruits 
3 

17 
12 
50 
33 
154 
253 
65 
8 
436 
388 
725 
694 
1 

21 
6 
13S 
11 
14 
215 
59 
35 
159 
20 
119 
140 
1,017 
844 
834 
1,017 
11-31 147 
12-37 ] 
do 
Normal Valencia 
9 76 
208 9fi9 
1 1 
