Bui. 743, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate XIV. 



The Kanola Avocado, an Early Variety of Good Quality. 



Among the many seedling avocados in Guatemala, very few are distinctly early in season. The 

 variety here shown, from San Lorenzo del Cubo, near Antigua, ripens its fruits three to four 

 months earlier than most of the trees in the same region. While early varieties are commonly 

 lacking in flavor or otherwise undesirable, the Kanola is a fruit of good quality. It weighs 6 to 10 

 ounces, is deep purple in color, with a woody outer covering and yellow flesh of rich flavor. The 

 parent tree bore a heavy crop in 1916 < Photographed, natural size, at the city of Guatemala, 

 November 1,1916; P16923FS.) 



