LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Figure 1 — Parent tree of Challenge avocado, at 547 Las Palmas avenue, 

 Hollywood, Cal. (Photo by H. J. Webber.) From Citrograph. 



Figure 2 — Parent tree of Lyon avocado at 7276 Sunset boulevard, Los 

 Angeles, Cal. (Photo by H. J. Webber.) From Citrograph. 



Figure 3 — Parent tree of Dickinson avocado at 679 West Thirty-fifth 

 street, Los Angeles, Cal. (Photo by H. J. Webber.) From Citro- 

 graph. 



Figure 4 — Trunk of original tree of Northrop avocado, showing good 

 arrangement of branches. (Photo by Vaile and Webber.) 



Figure 5 — Two views of trunk of original tree of Royal avocado, with 

 left branch of (a) in front in other photograph (b). Right-hand 

 branch in (a) not divided low enough. (Photo by H. J. Webber.) 



Figure 6 — Trunk of original tree of Lambert avocado, with four main 

 branches springing from one point about 7 feet from ground. (Photo 

 by H. J. Webber.) 



Figure 7 — Large, budded tree of Challenge avocado, branching very low, 



but satisfactorily. (Photo by H. J. Webber.) 

 Figure 8 — Avocado tree in Guatemala from which buds of the "Linda" 



were taken. (Photo by E. E. Knight.) 

 Figure 9 — Growth of the Rey avocado: budded July 2, 1914; transplanted 



March 10, 1915. (Photo by E. E. Knight.) 

 Figure 10 — Growth of tree of the Queen avocado: budded July 2, 1914; 



transplanted March 10, 1915. (Photo by E. E. Knight.) 

 Figure 11 — Diagramatic sketch showing type of desirable growth and 



growth periods in young avocado tree. Discussed by Mr. Barber under 



methods of pruning and heading. 

 Figure 12 — Bartley (Natural size). This is one of the largest avocados 



so far produced in California, the fruits averaging about 32 ounces 



in weight. (Photo by the Division of Citriculture, Berkeley). I. J. 



Condit. 



Figure 13 — Challenge (Natural size). The fruit is of good size, shape, 

 and color; budded trees are now coming into bearing. (Photo by 

 Division of Citriculture.) I. J. Condit. 



Figure 14 — Dickinson (Natural size). These fruits were picked from the 

 original tree, September 27, and placed in cold storage two days later 

 at 34 degrees Fahrenheit. One month later they were taken from 



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