Inventory 67, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate III. 



The Carchi Avocado, a Variety of the Mexican Race. (Persea 

 americana mill.; s. p. i. no. 53185.) 



This avocado, which belongs to the Mexican race in spite of the fact that it was found in a 

 remote valley of northern Ecuador, seems worthy of trial in the I'nited States because of its 

 relatively large size and its excellent quality. It may prove hardier than most varieties of 

 the Guatemalan race and therefore valuable for those" parts of California and Florida which 

 are subject to heavy frosts. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoc, Ibarra, Ecuador, Febru- 

 ary 19, 1921; P1S426FS.) 



