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Montezuma (Number Thirty-theee) 



Description : Form, broad pyriform, almost egg-shaped ; size, medium 

 large; dimensions, length, four and one-half, diameter, three and one-half 

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

 stem; apex, very slightly depressed; surface, slightly undulating; color, 

 deep green with few, round, raised, irregular, russet dots, sometimes in the 

 form of patches; skin, thick, granular and hard, separating readily from the 

 flesh ; flesh, deep cream ; texture, smooth ; fiber, none ; flavor, mild and 

 pleasant; quality, good; seed, medium, oblate-conical, tight in cavity; season, 

 December to February at Atlixco, Puebla. 



Plate 183. Montezuma Fruit No. 33. 



SiNALOA (Number Thirty-seven) 



This variety is not to be confused with the one described under the 

 same name in this publication. Vol. 1, No. 1, February 1911, page 16, by 

 F. "W. Popenoe. This latter variety is no longer existing and the name has 

 been transferred to the variety described below. This variety is one of the 

 very desirable commercial introductions, being a large fruit of excellent 

 flavor and smooth texture, and coming into maturity at the most favorable 

 season of the year. 



Description : Form, oval to pyriform ; size, medium large ; dimensions, 

 length, seven, diameter, five inches; weight, one and one-half to two pounds; 



