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about equal to its height. The trunk is two feet thick 

 at the base. Apparently the fruits must commence to 

 ripen in October or November, since a great many have 

 already fallen, as indicated by the quantity of fresh 

 seeds on the ground beneath the tree. A large pro- 

 portion of the fruits left on the trees seem still to 

 be immature, so that this variety can probably be con- 

 sidered to have a very long season. The tree is carry- 

 ing an enormous crop, as may be expected of one whose 

 fruits are of this size. It is probably safe to say 

 that it will produce more than 2000 fruits this season. 

 This has every appearance of being a very desirable 

 variety." 43934. "From the dooryard of Francisco 

 Muus , in the southwest part of the village of San 

 Cristobal. Taken all around, this seems to me to be 

 much the finest variety of avocado which I have yet 

 seen in Guatemala. Its finer large size, good form, 

 and exceedingly rich flesh, coupled with the fact that 

 the seed is unusually small in proportion to the size 

 of the fruit, make it of great interest to those de- 

 sirous of obtaining the best varieties of the avocado 

 for cultivation in California and Florida. The fruit 

 is broadly oval, slightly oblique, and weighs 20 to 

 22 ounces. It is green in color, has a hard brittle 

 skin, and the flesh is smooth, free from fiber, deep 

 yellow in color, and of excellent quality. The ex- 

 traordinarily small seed is tight in the cavity, as 

 it is in every variety of the Guatemalan type which I 

 have examined up to the present time. The tree seems 

 to be a good bearer, and ripens its fruits in January 

 and February at San Cristobal, which is 4550 feet 

 above sea level. Form broadly oval, slightly oblique; 

 size very large, weight 20 to 22 ozs., length 4f 

 inches, breadth 4 inches; base obliquely flattened, 

 the stem inserted without depression; apex obliquely 

 flattened, slightly depressed around the stigmatic 

 point; surface pebbled to rather rough, deep green in 

 color, with numerous rather large yellowish dots; skin 

 1/16 inch thick, slightly thicker over some portions 

 of the fruit, coarsely granular, brittle; flesh of an 

 unusually rich yellow color, changing to pale green 

 near the skin, free from fiber and of fine smooth 

 texture; flavor very rich and pleasant; quality ex- 

 cellent; seed very small in proportion to the size of 

 the fruit, oblate, weighing 2 ozs., tight in the 

 cavity with both seed coats adhering closely to the 

 cotyledons, which are slightly rough for this type. 

 Season January to March at San Cristobal Verapaz. The 



