VALENCIA ORANGE 
CITRUS FRUITS 
ORANGES 
Washington Navel. The famous winter ripening orange. Large 
fruits easily peeled and broken into segments. Thrives best a few 
miles from the coast. Can be grown any place in California where 
citrus is grown. December to May. 
Valencia Orange. Best summer orange, ripens from April to De- 
cember after the Navel season is over. Thus, ripe oranges can be 
had through the summer and fall. Juicy, sweet and few seeded. 
LEMONS 
Eureka. The leading lemon for commercial and home planting. 
Fruit uniformly medium size, juicy, and few seeded. Most of the 
fruit is ripened during the summer but bears throughout the year. 
»Meyer Lemon. Semi-dwarf. Fruit large, oval and deeply orange 
yellow in color. Hardy throughout most of California. Laden with 
fruit most of the year. 
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CITRUS and AVOCADOS 
Prices Subject to Market Conditions 
~\ LIMES 
Bearss Seedless. Finest and largest of all limes. Seedless, juicy 
fruits ripen mostly during the summer, when limes are in demand. 
Large, vigorous and almost thornless. 
KUMQUAT 
~\Nagami. Semi-dwarf tree giving abundant crops of small egg- 
shaped golden orange fruits most of the year. Hardy and very 
ornamental. 
TANGELO 
-Sampson. Golden yellow fruits with delicious orange-red juice 
combining the flavor of tangerine with grapefruit. February to May. 
GRAPEFRUIT 
Marsh Seedless. Compact growing variety widely planted in Cali- 
fornia. Fruit juicy, seedless, very good. May-August. 
TANGERINE (Mandarin Oranges) 
‘Algerian. Very early ripening tangerine. Fruits very sweet and fine 
flavored, medium size. One of the best to plant in the home orchard. 
Dancy. Medium to large flattened fruits. Very juicy and of fine 
flavor. February to May. 
Satsuma. One of the hardiest oranges. Fruits ripen very early, 
usually before Christmas (October). Large, flat, loose-skinned, 
deep orange in color. 
AVOCADOS 
Fuerte. Popular winter avocado. Pear-shaped fruits with very 
delicious flesh. Heavy bearing and frost resistant. October-May. 
Haas. The very surest summer-fruiting variety. Black-skinned, 
ripens over long season, from May to October. 
MacArthur. Green, pear-shaped, medium size fruits maturing dur- 
ing the summer. 
Mexicola. Small purplish-black fruit, oval in shape and shiny. The 
flesh is of excellent quality. August-September. 
Nabal. Smooth skin, small seed, large green fruit, round in shape, 
fruit weighing as much as 20 ounces. Delicious taste. Leading 
commercial variety. Ripens from June to September. 
Rincon. Fuerte type fruits and maturity, but superior to Fuerte for 
coastal regions. 
Ryan. The summer Fuerte ripening from May to October, thus 
extending the Fuerte season. A thrifty spreading tree bearing con- 
sistently year after year. Fruit like the Fuerte in quality. 
\ LOQUAT 
The Loquat is hardier 
than most other sub- 
tropical trees. The 
fruit ripens in April 
and May. Its sprightly 
aromatic flavor is 
widely enjoyed. The 
fruits are pear-shaped, 
yellow to orange, and 
of white flesh. Because 
of its broad, shiny fo- 
liage the Loquat makes 
a splendid ornamental 
with its small, spread- 
ing branches. (See also 
under Popular Ever- 
green Trees.) 
MEYER LEMON 
