May 10,1924 
Bud Selection in the Washington Navel Orange 525 
The spotted oranges borne by the progeny trees ripen and drop prematurely 
and after the fruits drop the sunken brown spots increase in number and size, 
frequently covering a large portion of the surface of the fruits, in the same 
manner as is the case with the fruits borne by the parent limbs. 
CONCLUSION 
The results of these progeny tests indicate that the brown-spotted and early- 
ripening characters of the fruits which have been described in the foregoing pages 
may occur as bud variations and that such limb variations may be perpetuated 
through bud propagation. 
These studies suggest the probability that undesirable trees in established 
citrus orchards frequently may be due to unintentional propagations from similar 
limb variations. 
These progeny tests emphasize the fundamental importance of careful bud 
selection in the commercial propagation of citrus trees. 
