Pomona College Journal of Economic Botany 437 



dots; skin, thick and tough, separating readily from the flesh; flesh, cream 

 to deep cream, turning to green close to the skin ; texture, very smooth ; fiber, 

 none; flavor, rich, nutty and delicious; quality, excellent, of the best; seed, 

 medium, round-conic, tight in cavity; season, December at Atlixco, Puebla. 



Plate 185. No. 38. A fine fruit of medium size. 



Number Forty 



Description : Form, pyriform ; size, large ; dimensions, length, five and 

 one-half, diameter, three and three-quarters inches; weight, one to one and 

 one-half pounds; base, slightly flattened; apex, rounded, frequently slightly 

 depressed; surface, rough; color, deep green with rather numerous, small 

 to medium sized, irregular yellowish dots; skin, thick, separating readily 

 from the flesh ; flesh, cream, turning to green near the skin ; texture, smooth 

 and buttery ; fiber, none ; flavor, rich and pleasant ; quality, very good ; seed, 

 medium, round-conic, tight in cavity; season, December at Atlixco, Puebla. 



Number Forty-one 



Description : Form, round-oval to broad pyriform ; size, medium large ; 

 dimensions, length, four and one-half, diameter, three and three-quarters 

 inches ; weight, fourteen ounces to one pound ; base, tapering very slightly to 

 stem; apex, rounded, sometimes flattened; surface, slightly undulating; 

 color, deep green with rather few irregular, round, raised russet dots, fre- 

 quently in patches; skin, thick, hard and granular, separating readily from 



