﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  29 
  

  

  26689 
  to 
  26757— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26689 
  to 
  26730— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26714. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  H. 
  

   Hobbs, 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  Fla., 
  September 
  5, 
  1908. 
  Fruit 
  very 
  similar 
  

   in 
  appearance 
  to 
  No. 
  26713, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  larger; 
  quality 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   very 
  good 
  and 
  the 
  tree 
  a 
  prolific 
  bearer. 
  Season, 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  

   September." 
  

  

  26715. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  H. 
  

   Hobbs, 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  Fla., 
  September 
  5, 
  1908. 
  Fruit 
  medium 
  to 
  

   large, 
  pyriform, 
  quality 
  good; 
  seed 
  loose 
  in 
  cavity; 
  fairly 
  prolific. 
  

   Season, 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  September." 
  

  

  "The 
  parent 
  trees 
  of 
  Nos. 
  26713, 
  26714, 
  and 
  26715 
  spring 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  point 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Hobbs 
  believes 
  that 
  they 
  come 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  seed, 
  though 
  the 
  fruits 
  from 
  the 
  trees 
  vary 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  to 
  

   some 
  extent." 
  

  

  26716. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  on 
  Judge 
  

   White's 
  homestead, 
  Buena 
  Vista, 
  Fla., 
  September 
  10, 
  1908. 
  Fruit 
  

   medium 
  large, 
  oblong 
  or 
  roundish, 
  purple 
  with 
  numerous 
  small 
  green 
  

   lenticels; 
  skin 
  smooth, 
  medium 
  thick; 
  meat 
  green 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  mm. 
  next 
  to 
  

   the 
  skin, 
  rest 
  yellowish 
  mottled 
  with 
  purple 
  streaks; 
  flavor 
  average 
  to 
  

   good; 
  seed 
  firm 
  in 
  cavity, 
  medium 
  large; 
  very 
  prolific. 
  Ripens 
  in 
  

   early 
  part 
  of 
  August 
  and 
  September." 
  

  

  26717. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Courley, 
  

   Buena 
  Vista, 
  Fla., 
  September 
  28, 
  1908. 
  Fruit 
  reputed 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  very 
  

   good 
  quality 
  and 
  the 
  tree 
  prolific. 
  Season, 
  October 
  to 
  December." 
  

  

  26718. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  from 
  Prof. 
  T. 
  W. 
  

   Mather, 
  Miami, 
  Fla., 
  November 
  3, 
  1908. 
  Fruit 
  medium 
  large 
  to 
  large, 
  

   obliquely 
  pyriform, 
  maroon 
  red 
  with 
  numerous 
  small 
  greenish-yellow 
  

   lenticels; 
  skin 
  thick 
  and 
  leathery; 
  meat 
  pale 
  yellow 
  tinted 
  with 
  green 
  

   and 
  green 
  predominating 
  near 
  the 
  skin, 
  the 
  rest 
  mottled 
  with 
  purple 
  

   veins 
  in 
  distal 
  end 
  of 
  fruit, 
  making 
  it 
  rather 
  attractive; 
  meat 
  rather 
  

   soft; 
  flavor 
  good, 
  but 
  lacking 
  in 
  richness; 
  seed 
  firm 
  in 
  cavity." 
  

  

  26719. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Waldin, 
  Miami, 
  Fla. 
  

   Fruit 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  exceedingly 
  good 
  quality; 
  medium 
  early." 
  

  

  26720. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Orange 
  Pound, 
  Cocoanut 
  Grove, 
  

   Fla., 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  owned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Peacock, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  November 
  

   28, 
  1908. 
  Fruit 
  large, 
  pyriform, 
  surface 
  smooth, 
  maroon 
  red, 
  greenish 
  

   toward 
  apex, 
  skin 
  medium 
  thick, 
  separating 
  readily 
  from 
  meat; 
  color 
  

   of 
  meat 
  mainly 
  yellowish, 
  greenish 
  next 
  to 
  skin, 
  rich, 
  nutty, 
  and 
  very 
  

   delicately 
  flavored. 
  Seed 
  smaller 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  meat 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  

   avocado 
  that 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  attention; 
  loose 
  in 
  cavity. 
  Season, 
  

   November." 
  

  

  26721. 
  "Bud 
  wood 
  obtained 
  by.Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  

   Beach, 
  West 
  Palm 
  Beach, 
  Fla., 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  Dr. 
  G. 
  W. 
  

   Potter, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  September 
  1, 
  1909. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  large, 
  oblong 
  

   or 
  roundish, 
  surface 
  rather 
  rough; 
  green 
  skin 
  medium 
  thick; 
  meat 
  

   mainly 
  yellowish, 
  green 
  close 
  to 
  skin, 
  of 
  good 
  quality; 
  seed 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  small, 
  loose 
  in 
  cavity. 
  Season, 
  September." 
  

  

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