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" oblong fruited." These he grafted on native roots, getting one 

 tree of each to grow. Of these, the ones labeled "flat fruited" and 

 "round fruited" bore fruit, the one labeled ''oblong fruited" proving 

 to be staminate flowered, and therefore sterile. The flat one was found 

 to be of better quality than the other, and after fruiting both for 

 several years, Professor Munson, unaware that Judge Miller had mean- 

 while disseminated and named it Josephine, christened it " American 

 Honey" and offered it in his catalogue for 1896, as previously 

 mentioned. 



The name Josephine having previously been applied and published 

 by the introducer and used on scions for grafting entitles it to accept- 

 ance by pomologists, and it is so accepted by Professor Munson since 

 the facts have become known. 



The case well illustrates how easily varietal names of fruits may 

 become confused during their preliminary testing periods. Nothing 

 less than the utmost exactness and care by disseminators and propa- 

 gators will suffice to prevent confusion and duplication of names in 

 such cases. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form oblate to roundish oblate, or quadrangular; size medium to 

 large; surface smooth, except shallow radiating grooves near the 

 calyx and the four sutures; color pale, translucent, yellowish, covered 

 with a profuse whitish bloom; cavity large, broad, of medium depth, 

 furrowed; stem short, moderately stout; calyx four parted, of me- 

 dium size, pale green; apex a slender point in a slight depression; 

 skin thin, tender; flesh yellowish, translucent, with yellow veins; 

 seeds rather numerous, rather large, short, broad, plump, brown; 

 flavor sweet, rich, and aromatic; quality very good. Season, early, 

 following Early Golden. 



The tree is reported to bear regular crops, and the earliness and fine 

 quality of the fruit render the variety worthy of test by all persimmon 

 growers. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate XXX were grown by T. V. 

 Munson & Son, at Denison, Tex., in 1906. 



CHAPPELOW AVOCADO. 

 [PLATE XXXI.] 



Interest in the avocado as a salad fruit continues to increase. The 

 market demand is so strong in eastern cities during late autumn and 

 winter that south Florida growers are enlarging their plantings of the 

 later ripening sorts of the West Indian type, such as the Trapp, a in 

 the expectation that their culture will prove highly profitable. In 

 southern California quite a different condition prevails, the smaller 

 and more hardy Mexican type being apparently better adapted to 



Described and illustrated in Yearbook for 1905, p. 508, Plate LXVI. 



