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 ort/Arvr LlLoo avocados 



Since the Sharpless fruit first came to the notice of Avocado 

 experts it has been pronounced of exceptional merits as a com- 

 mercial variety because of the desirable size, fine quality and 

 flavor of the fruit, small seed in proportion to the edible portion, 

 hard thick skin, making it a fine shipper and also from the fact 

 that the skin changes from a dark green to a dark rich maroon 

 color, as it ripens, thus obviating the danger of picking and put- 

 ting on the market unripe fruit. 



Cluster of Sharpless Fruits on four year old tree. 



The final test of the value of any variety of the Avocado, is 

 the behavior of young trees budded from that variety. The young 

 trees propagated from the original Sharpless tree are exceeding 

 our most hopeful expectations. They are making a vigorous up- 

 right growth, coming into bearing early and giving every evidence 

 of being consistently heavy bearers. Horticultural experts advise 

 budding from the parent tree, because of the possibility of bud 

 variation, etc., and in our nursery work we use only buds from 

 the original Sharpless tree. 



Our prices for field grown trees on hardy Mexican stock are 



from $3.50 to $5.00 



according to size 

 We carry other leading varieties. Phone, Sunset, Tustin 19 R 



B. H. SHARPLESS Santa Ana R D No 1 



