
          duces an edible fruit, the size and shape of a small cucumber, green 
externally and containing yellow, translucent, subacid pulp used for 
making refreshing drinks. The large pink flowers, about 2 inches 
broad, make the plant of value as an ornamental, and its fruit, when 
properly prepared, is delicious.

54035. PASSIFLORA REFLEXIFLORA. Granadilla. From Guayaquil, 
Ecuador. Seeds collected by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. 
One of the native Ecuadorian species of Passiflora which produces edible 
fruits, said to be of excellent quality. The flowers are large 
and handsome, and the vine, which has attractive foliage, is prized 
for its beauty in tropical regions. Probably sufficiently frost-
resistant to be cultivated in extreme southern Florida.

36270. PERSEA AMERICANA. Simmonds Avocado. Budded plants available 
from a selected seedling which originated at Miami, Fla., where it 
has proved a good bearer, and a valuable sort for midsummer use. The 
fruit is oval in form, about 24 ounces in weight, yellowish green in 
color, with a smooth leathery skin and deep-yellow flesh of melting, 
buttery texture and rich nutty flavor. The seed is not large in proportion 
to the size of the fruit. This variety belongs to the West 
Indian race which is not suitable for cultivation in California.

55736. PERSEA AMERICANA. Itzamna Avocado. Budwood sent from 
Guatemala by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. This variety was 
not distributed along with others introduced from Guatemala in 1916- 
17, as no buds were saved at Washington, and only one was successfully established at Miami , where several budsticks of the original shipment 
were sent. For a year or more the variety was considered lost. 
When it came into bearing at Miami, less than 2 years after the original 
buds were top-worked on an old tree of the West Indian race at 
the Plant Introduction Garden, it was seen to be sufficiently meritorious 
to justify a wider trial. In habit and character of growth it 
is excellent; the branches are strong, not drooping, and the growth 
vigorous. The fruits, which ripen at Miami during February and March 
(about mid-season for the Guatemalan race) are slender pear-shaped, 
about 18 ounces in weight, dark green, with the surface somewhat rough, 
the skin thick and woody, and the flesh cream-yellow, smooth and free 
from fiber, of rich flavor and excellent quality. The seed is rather 
small, and tight in the cavity.

46337. PERSEA AMERICANA. Gottfried Avocado. A variety of the 
Mexican race, which originated as a seedling in the Plant Introduction 
Garden, Miami, Fla., and has proved successful in the northern portions 
of the Florida avocado belt. It is of average hardiness for its race, 
withstanding without injury temperatures of about 25° F. The fruits 
are large, weighing from 12 to 18 ounces; they are oval to oblong-
pyriform, purplish green, thin skinned, with yellow flesh of rich flavor, 
and with a moderately small seed. The chief defect of the variety 
is the presence of fiber in the flesh, a characteristic quite 
common among Mexican avocados. For trial in regions slightly too cold 
for the Guatemalan and West Indian varieties.

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