Inventory 51, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



PLATE V. 



Numbering a Selected Avocado to Avoid Errors in Cutting Bud Wood. 



iPersea amcricana Mill., S. P. I. No. 44625.) 



This tree is tlie Panchoy seedling, Mr. Popenoe's selection No. IS. It is one of tlie excellent 

 varieties found in Guatemala. Mr. Popenoe employed the method of cutting a number in the 

 bark to mark his selected seedling trees. This enabled him to cut several lots of bud wood at 

 different times from the same tree in the forest. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe in the 

 finca La Polvora, Antigua, Guatemala, May 3, 1917; P17215FS.) 



