149 



r^ 



I 



fr 



Varieiy. 



HuI)bardson» 



Hyde. 



Jelly, 



King of Tompkins County, 



Lady Apple, 

 Northern Spy, 



Pippin, Golden 



(I 



ti 



i < 



Monmouth 

 Newtown 

 New York 



No. of Specimens. 



^ verage 

 of Piujnp 



No. 



Seed. 



Average No 

 Total Seed. 



4 



2 

 I 



3-75 

 8.5 



8 



J 



^1.33 



8.5 

 8 



ty, 3 



7.6 





8.6 



2 



4 



7 

 12.75 





7 

 13^75 



2 

 I 



4 



8 





7 



S 



Russet, 



i( 



■ • 



IC 



English 

 Golden 

 Gray 

 Roxbury 



3 



ID 



G 



9 

 3 



lo 



ID 



8 



9 



7 

 6 



4 



Seek no Further, Westfield 

 Smith's Cider, 



Spitzenburg, 



1 1 



Esopus 



3 



6 



Swaar, 



Tolman Sweeting, 



Vandevere, 



Willow Twig, 



Winter Blush, Tewksbury, 



8 



3.25 

 16 



9 

 6 



10.7 



13 



7.7 



9 

 10 



6 



8.66 

 18 



9 

 7.6 



II. I 



13 

 8.7 

 10 



II 

 6 



Avocado Pear. Persea gratissima, G^rtn. (Laurace^). 



There are several species or varieties of this fruit Morelet' 

 describes them in Central America ; the avocate^ the omtcJion, 

 and a third called a?tison on account of its flavor. In the normal 

 plant the fruit is of the size of a large pear, and contains a large 

 oval stone, which rattles when the fruit is ripe ; the pulp is of a 

 delicate coffee color, unctuous, without odor, resembling fresh 



butter. Long 



J 



In Ceylon the fruit is said to be smaller, harder, less buttery, 

 thicker skined and more stony than in other climes.^ 



I introduce this statement among seedless fruit on account 

 of the decrease of quality accompanying the stonj seed, whatever 

 that may mean. 



1 Travels, p. 265. 



2 Jamaica, p. 808. 



3H. L. C. Card. Chron. Apr. 19, 1884, p. 520. 



