Brief Outlook of Early Crop of California Navel Oranges For W49

US navel oranges became available for export from the central California area in W48. Early crops of Washington variety consist heavily of smaller size, despite less fruit set on the tree than last year. For W49, the predicted size ratio for Navel oranges per container will be divided into 40% of 113s, 35% of 88s, and the remaining 25% filled by the combination of 72s and 56s.