﻿28 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  TMPOETED. 
  

  

  26689 
  to 
  26757— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26689 
  to 
  26730— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26703. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  received 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  P. 
  H. 
  Rolfs, 
  Buena 
  Vista, 
  Fla., 
  

   August 
  10, 
  1907. 
  Fruit 
  roundish, 
  oblique, 
  small 
  to 
  medium; 
  color 
  

   rich 
  maroon 
  red, 
  very 
  attractive; 
  skin 
  thick 
  and 
  leathery; 
  flavor 
  

   rather 
  inferior; 
  seed 
  loose 
  in 
  cavity; 
  matures 
  early, 
  which 
  is 
  its 
  strong- 
  

   est 
  point. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  earliest 
  West 
  Indian 
  variety 
  that 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  

   attention." 
  

  

  26704. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  A. 
  M. 
  

   King, 
  Miami, 
  Fla., 
  September 
  18, 
  1907. 
  Fruit 
  large, 
  pyriform; 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  smooth, 
  red. 
  Season, 
  September." 
  

  

  26705. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  A. 
  M. 
  

  

  King, 
  September 
  18, 
  1907. 
  Fruit 
  very 
  large, 
  oblong, 
  irregular; 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  rough, 
  reddish; 
  quality 
  good. 
  Season, 
  September." 
  

  

  26706. 
  "Seeds 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Brackett, 
  pomologist, 
  United 
  

   States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  October 
  8, 
  1907. 
  These 
  were 
  received 
  

   by 
  him 
  from 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  A. 
  Carriker, 
  Boruca, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  The 
  skin 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  thick 
  and 
  woody 
  and 
  the 
  flavor 
  of 
  the 
  meat 
  rich 
  and 
  delicate." 
  

  

  26707. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Fulford, 
  Fulford, 
  Fla., 
  

   October 
  21, 
  1907. 
  Fruit 
  pyriform, 
  bright 
  red, 
  of 
  good 
  quality, 
  prolific. 
  

   Said 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  avocados 
  in 
  that 
  locality." 
  

  

  26708. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Fulford, 
  Fulford, 
  Fla., 
  

   October 
  21, 
  1907. 
  Fruit 
  very 
  large, 
  red, 
  of 
  good 
  quality; 
  prolific. 
  

   Bud 
  wood 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  trees 
  in 
  that 
  locality." 
  

  

  26709. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Fulford, 
  Fulford, 
  Fla. 
  

  

  Fruit 
  very 
  large; 
  surface 
  rough, 
  green; 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  quality; 
  prolific. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  avocados 
  in 
  the 
  locality." 
  

  

  26710. 
  "Seeds 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  William 
  A. 
  Taylor, 
  United 
  States 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  March 
  9, 
  1908. 
  The 
  fruit 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  

   seed 
  was 
  taken 
  had 
  been 
  received 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Taylor 
  from 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  

  

  Cal." 
  

  

  2671 
  1 
  . 
  " 
  Fruit 
  sent 
  to 
  Mr. 
  William 
  A. 
  Taylor, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  

   of 
  Agriculture, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Walker, 
  Hollywood, 
  Cal. 
  Said 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Taylor 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  fruit 
  of 
  exceptionally 
  fine 
  quality 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  hard 
  

   skin; 
  seed 
  sent 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Taylor 
  to 
  the 
  Subtropical 
  Garden, 
  March 
  9, 
  

   1908." 
  

  

  26712. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  Capt. 
  Thomas 
  

   Hardee, 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  Fla., 
  August 
  11, 
  1908. 
  Fruit 
  medium 
  to 
  

   large, 
  pyriform, 
  purple; 
  of 
  exceedingly 
  good 
  quality; 
  seed 
  firm 
  or 
  

   loose 
  in 
  cavity; 
  very 
  prolific. 
  Parent 
  tree 
  said 
  to 
  produce 
  among 
  the 
  

   best 
  flavored 
  avocados 
  in 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove." 
  

  

  26713. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  H. 
  

   Hobbs, 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  Fla., 
  September 
  5, 
  1908. 
  Weight 
  of 
  fruit 
  

   1,020 
  grams, 
  seed 
  130 
  grams, 
  shape 
  round 
  oblique; 
  ground 
  color 
  

   green 
  turning 
  to 
  red 
  and 
  maroon, 
  making 
  it 
  very 
  attractive; 
  skin 
  

   thick 
  and 
  leathery; 
  meat 
  greenish 
  3 
  mm. 
  from 
  the 
  skin, 
  the 
  rest 
  yel- 
  

   lowish, 
  mottled 
  with 
  purple 
  streaks; 
  quality 
  excellent; 
  seed 
  loose 
  in 
  

   cavity. 
  Matures 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  September." 
  

  

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