BUD VARIATION" IX THE WASHINGTON" NAVEL ORANGE. 
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trees of the other strains of this variety, (see fig. 14). So far as 
observed no flowers of this strain have been found in which the 
anthers develop pollen. 
The fruits, illustrations of which are shown in Plate II, are o bo void 
and of medium to large size. The rind is of medium thickness 
P 732A — H P 
Fig. 4.— A typical Washington strain orange tree of the Washington Naval variety in the investigational 
performance-record plat with its crop picked and assembled and ready for inspection. This tree is shown 
before picking in figure 3. The performance record of this tree for four seasons is shown in rank 82 in 
Table IV. 
and the texture is smooth and grained. The color of the fruit is 
bright orange; the rag is tender and of comparatively small amount; 
the juice is abundant and of superior quality, having a pleasing 
and sprightly subacid flavor. The fruits are seedless and the navel 
