JANUAEY 1 TO MARCH 31, 11)10. 29 



26689 to 26757— Continued. 



26689 to 26730— Continued. 



26714. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Mr. W. H. H. 

 Hobbs, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., September 5, 1908. Fruit very similar 

 in appearance to No. 26713, but somewhat larger; quality said to be 

 very good and the tree a prolific bearer. Season, early part of 

 September." 



26715. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Mr. W. H. H. 

 Hobbs, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., September 5, 1908. Fruit medium to 

 large, pyriform, quality good; seed loose in cavity; fairly prolific. 

 Season, early part of September." 



"The parent trees of Nos. 26713, 26714, and 26715 spring from the 

 ground at the same point and Mr. Hobbs believes that they come from 

 the same seed, though the fruits from the trees vary from each other to 

 some extent." 



26716. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from a tree on Judge 

 White's homestead, Buena Vista, Fla., September 10, 1908. Fruit 

 medium large, oblong or roundish, purple with numerous small green 

 lenticels; skin smooth, medium thick; meat green 3 to 4 mm. next to 

 the skin, rest yellowish mottled with purple streaks; flavor average to 

 good; seed firm in cavity, medium large; very prolific. Ripens in 

 early part of August and September." 



26717. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Mr. Courley, 

 Buena Vista, Fla., September 28, 1908. Fruit reputed to be of very 

 good quality and the tree prolific. Season, October to December." 



26718. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester from Prof. T. W. 

 Mather, Miami, Fla., November 3, 1908. Fruit medium large to large, 

 obliquely pyriform, maroon red with numerous small greenish-yellow 

 lenticels; skin thick and leathery; meat pale yellow tinted with green 

 and green predominating near the skin, the rest mottled with purple 

 veins in distal end of fruit, making it rather attractive; meat rather 

 soft; flavor good, but lacking in richness; seed firm in cavity." 



26719. "Bud wood received from Mr. Walter Waldin, Miami, Fla. 

 Fruit said to be of exceedingly good quality; medium early." 



26720. "Bud wood received from Mr. Orange Pound, Cocoanut Grove, 

 Fla., from a tree owned by Mr. Peacock, of the same place, November 

 28, 1908. Fruit large, pyriform, surface smooth, maroon red, greenish 

 toward apex, skin medium thick, separating readily from meat; color 

 of meat mainly yellowish, greenish next to skin, rich, nutty, and very 

 delicately flavored. Seed smaller in proportion to meat than in any 

 avocado that has come to my attention; loose in cavity. Season, 

 November." 



26721. "Bud wood obtained by Mr. P. J. Wester, through Mr. J. B. 

 Beach, West Palm Beach, Fla., from a tree on the place of Dr. G. W. 

 Potter, of the same place, September 1, 1909. The fruit is large, oblong 

 or roundish, surface rather rough; green skin medium thick; meat 

 mainly yellowish, green close to skin, of good quality; seed compara- 

 tively small, loose in cavity. Season, September." 



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