BUD VARIATION IN THE WASHINGTON NAVEL ORANGE. 21 
ton trees. The habit of growth is open and drooping and the foliage 
semidense, in some cases the leaves being rather small and sharply 
pointed. 
The fruits, illustrations of which are shown in Plate VIII, figures 
1,2, and 3, usually are globular in shape and of small to medium 
size. The rind is thin and has a ribbed appearance, but is fairly 
smooth. The color usually is dull orange. The rag is tender and 
small in quantity, and the juice is abundant and of good flavor and 
quality. The fruit is seedless and the navel small and incon- 
spicuous. The principal objections to this strain from the commer- 
cial standpoint are the small size of the fruits and their fluted appear- 
ance. The fruits of this strain have been found to occur as occasional 
individual fruit sports in trees of Washington and other strains, and 
infrequently as limb sports in \ ^shington and Thomson trees. 
PEAR-SHAPE STRAIN. 
The trees of the Pear-Shape strain usually are low producers, are 
finely branched, and have an upright habit of growth and rather 
sparse foliage of small, sharply pointed leaves. 
The fruits, illustrations of which are shown in Plate IX, are pyri- 
form in shape, usually having a rather large collar or neck at the 
stem end, and are small to medium in size. The rind is rather coarse 
in texture and usually very thick and is yellowish orange in color. 
The rag is abundant and frequently coarse and the juice is small in 
quantity and inferior in quality. The fruits are seedless and the 
navels usually small. This strain is of inferior commercial value, but 
of interest from the standpoint of its occurrence as individual fruit 
and limb variations in trees of the Washington and other strains. 
PROTRUDING-NAVEL STRAIN. 
One of the interesting strains of the Washington Navel orange is 
that in which the fruits develop large, secondary oranges, or navels, 
and large navel openings. The navel formations may be entirely 
inclosed within the rind of the primary oranges, in which cases the 
fruits are usually elongated and abnormal in shape, or the secondary 
fruits may entirely protrude through the navel openings. Fruits 
with large interior navels are objectionable because they can not be 
eaten conveniently with a spoon. Fruits with protruding navels 
are subject to injuries in handling, which frequently lead to decay. 
The trees of this strain usually show more than ordinarily vigorous 
vegetative growth and have very large leaves. 
The fruits, illustrations of which are shown in Plate X, frequently 
are irregular in shape and large in size. The coarse, thick rinds are 
deep orange in color. The rag is coarse and the juice abundant and 
of fair quality. The fruit is seedless, and the navels very large and 
