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^508 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



medium thickness, with moderately thick partitions and fair cracking 

 quality; kernel roundish oval, plump, bright, somewhat flaky in 

 texture, but of pleasant flavor and very good quality. 



Tree vigorous, rather upright, and regularly productive so far as 

 observed. Promising for the Gulf region. 



The original tree has been crowded by neighboring seedlings until 

 recently, so that it is smaller than most pecan trees of its age in the 

 same locality, but it yielded 45 pounds of nuts in 1905. 



The specimen illustrated on Plate LXV was grown on the original 

 tree at Ocean Springs, Miss. 



YOUNG. 



The original tree of the Young pecan is a planted tree, probably 60 

 or 70 years old, in the grounds of Mr. C. B. Delahoussaye in St. Mar- 

 tinsville, La. The parentage and early history of the tree are at 

 present unknown. The large size and thinness of shell of the nuts 

 borne by this tree attracted the attention of Mr. B. M. Young, of 

 Morgan City, La., about 1891, who propagated it by top-grafting in 

 1895. It was named ' ' Young " by Burnette a in 1902, and was first cata- 

 logued for dissemination by J. F. Jones & Son, Monticello, Fla., in 

 1904. 



The Young bears a striking resemblance in both tree and nut to the 

 Russell, and, as it is much older, is possibly the parent of that variety. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Size medium to large, running about 50 to 60 nuts to the pound; 

 form compressed, ovate conical, with pointed base and sharply 

 conical apex; color rather dark grayish brown, with a few purplish 

 splashes toward apex; shell very thin, cracking very easily; partitions 

 thin and soft; kernel bright, oblong, symmetrical, releasing the shell 

 easily, but not always plump at tip; texture fine; flavor delicate and 

 rich; quality very good. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, of rather pendulous habit, with 

 slender brownish -green wood, conspicuously dotted. It has a good 

 record for productiveness in recent years and is a promising fancy 

 table nut for the Gulf region. 



The specimen illustrated on Plate LXV was grown at Morgan 

 City, La. 



TRAPP AVOCADO. 



[PLATE LXVI.] 



The avocado (Persea gratissima), variously known in the Tropics as 

 u avocado pear," "avocate," "aguacate," "alligator pear," "midship- 

 man's butter," "palta," "vegetable marrow," etc., has in recent years 



Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 69, second series, p. 874. 



