30 SEEDS AMi PLANTS [MPOBTED. 



26689 to 26757 Continued. 

 26689 to 26730— Continued. 



26722. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Mr. J. U. 

 Parker, WV-i I 'aim Beach, Fla., September 1, 1909. Fruit of good 

 quality ami tree a good bearer." 



26723. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Mr. I). A. 

 Allen, West Palm Beach, Fla., September 1, 1909. Fruit round, 

 oblique, medium large; surface medium smooth, greenish yellow 

 Bplashed with light red to poppy red, with streaks of dark red toward 

 base; skin medium thick, separating readily from meat; meat yellow- 

 ish, rich, nutty, and of a very good quality; seed rather large, filling 

 cavity; prolific. Season, October to November." 



26724. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Mr. D. A. 

 Allen, W T est Palm Beach, Fla., September 1, 1909. Fruit medium, 

 roundish, pyriform, oblique; surface smooth, green; skin thick; 

 meat yellowish of good quality; seed rather large, firm in cavity. The 

 parent tree is prolific. Season, August and September." 



26725. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Mr. J. B. 

 Douglass, Miami, Fla., September 14, 1909. Fruit medium to large, 

 pyriform, oblong; surface smooth, red; lenticels numerous, wnitish; 

 skin medium thick, separating readily from meat; meat yellowish, 

 veined with purple, pale green close to skin, rich and nutty; quality 

 very good; seed medium large, firm in cavity. The tree is abundantly 

 productive. Season, September." 



26726. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Mr. J. B. 

 Douglass, Miami, Fla., September 14, 1909. Fruit medium large, 

 pyriform; surface maroon red, lenticels numerous, greenish brown; 

 skin thick, separating readily from meat; meat yellowish, greenish 

 next to skin, moderately rich and nutty; quality good; seed medium 

 large, nearly filling cavity, a constant and prolific bearer. Season, 

 August." 



26727. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester, through Dr. John 

 Gifford, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., from a tree on the place of Mrs. Florence 

 P. Haden, of the same place. Fruit medium large, roundish, oblate, 

 oblique; surface medium rough, dark red to coral red, tinged with 

 green at apex, lenticels small, mostly at apex, whitish or greenish; 

 skin medium thick, separating readily from meat; meat yellowish, 

 green close to skin, exceedingly rich and nutty, of very good flavor; 

 seed medium to large, nearly filling cavity. Season, October." 



26728. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester, from Mr. Orange 

 Pound, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., September 16, 1909. Fruit medium 

 large, obliquely long, pyriform; surface rough, dark maroon, lenticels 

 numerous, small, reddish; skin very thick, separating readily from 

 meat; meat yellowish with purple veins, green toward skin, rather 

 lacking in flavor, with slight acridity near apex; seed medium to small, 

 filling cavity; very prolific. Season, September. This variety colors 

 up the most attractively of all varieties that have come to my notice." 



26729. Seeds from fruits of No. 26695. 



26730. Seeds from fruits of No. 26727. 

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