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PERILLA FRUTESCENS. Annual plant similar in growth to
Coleus. Extensively cultivated in Japan for oil, of which the seeds
contain 17 per cent. Oil principally used in making the remarkable
oil papers of Japan. Considered superior to linseed oil for many
purposes. Requires long season to mature seeds, which are inclined
to shatter badly.

26690. PERSEA AMERICANA. Butler avocado. Obovate,
about 15 ounces in weight, light green in color, with rich yellow flesh
of excellent quality. A prolific and regular bearer. A very promising
summer-fruiting variety for southern Florida ; ripens in August.

26698. PERSEA AMERICANA. Avocado. An unnamed
seedling of the West Indian type; originated at Fort Myers, Fla.
Fruit long and slender, weighing 10 to 16 ounces, with a very thick
green skin and abundant flesh of good quality. The seed is small in
proportion to size of fruit. Ripens in August and September.

26710. PERSEA AMERICANA. Taylor avocado. A promising
winter-fruiting variety of Guatemalan type, grown at Miami,
Fla. Fruit pear shaped, about 1 pound in weight, with thick,
woody skin, rough and deep green on the surface. Flesh creamy
yellow, of very rich flavor; seed medium size and tight in the cavity.
Ripens January to March at Miami. Budded on Mexican stock
which was uninjured by 25° F.

36270. PERSEA AMERICANA. Avocado. Unnamed seedling
of the West Indian type; originated at Miami Plant Introduction
Garden. Fruit oblong-oval, about 24 ounces in weight, bright
green, with deep yellow dry flesh of very rich flavor; seed medium
to small. Season, August to September. A very prolific and promising
variety, strongly resembling Pollock, but smaller and more
productive.

36603. PERSEA AMERICANA. McDonald avocado. Guatemalan
type. Buds from tree introduced as seed by Admiral
Beardslee into Honolulu, 1890. Medium size, skin olive-green to
purple, woody; flesh fine, texture smooth, flavor rich. Seed fairly
large. Fruits remain hard on tree until April. Keep two weeks
after picking. Foliage only slightly injured at Miami by 1917
freeze; temperature 26.5° F. Productiveness still unknown.
        