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possible hardiness. Coming from an elevation about 

 1750 feet above Antigua, it may prove to be more 

 frost resistant than varieties from the latter place, 

 and it should be given a trial in localities in 

 California and Florida which are thought to be 

 slightly too cold for the average variety of this 

 type. The tree is about 20 feet high, with a good 

 crov/n. According to the owner, it bears over 200 

 fruits in .good seasons, but sometimes the crop is 

 partly destroyed by frost. The last of the fruits of 

 this year's crop are now being picked. It seems to 

 ripen later than most of the trees in Antigua, but 

 this may be due to the difference in elevation. The 

 fruit is of good size and quality, oblong-oval, 

 weighing up to a pound, deep green in color, with 

 flesh of good flavor and a seed slightly large in 

 size, tight in the cavity. Form truncate oval; size 

 medium to above_ medium, weight 10 to 16 ounces, 

 length 3f to 3-g- inches, greatest breadth 3 to 3f 

 inches; base obliquely flattened, the stem inserted 

 to one side in a shallow cavity; stem very stout, 

 about 4 inches long; apex truncate to rounded, the 

 stigmatic point slightly raised; surface pebbled or 

 slightly rough, dull deep green in color, with few 

 yellowish dots and numerous rough russet scars; skin 

 one-sixteenth inch thick at base, slightly thicker at 

 apex of fruit, coarsely granular, separating readily, 

 brittle; flesh firm, oily, rich yellow near the seed, 

 changing to pale green near the skin, very slightly 

 discolored around the base of the seed with fiber 

 traces; flavor very rich, nutty; quality very good; 

 seed medium to rather large in size, oblate-conic in 

 form, If to 2 inches broad, tight in the cavity, with 

 both seed coats adhering closely." 43560. "From the 

 garden of Victor Garcia, who keeps a small cantina on 

 the road from Antigua to San Antonia Aguas Calientes, 

 just above the church at San Lorenzo del Cubo . After 

 two weeks search in the Antigua region, this is the 

 best early variety I have been able to find. There 

 are practically no avocados in the Antigua market at 

 the present time; here and 'there one finds a tree 

 which ripens its fruits this early, but most of them 

 are large-seeded. At lower elevations than this 

 there are more trees which ripen their fruits in 

 October, but here at 5000 feet there are exceedingly 

 few. This variety is small, but I believe it will be 

 found that the size is amply large enough where it is 

 desired to serve a half fruit as a portion. The seed 



