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to make thus far, they do not appear to be appreciably later than the 

 Northrop and the Carton. 



It will be apparent from the foregoing discussion that already we have 

 varieties giving almost a continuous succession of fruits through the en- 

 tire season. It must be remembered by the reader that these varieties are 



a b 



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) 



mentioned primarily to show the range in variation in season of i:ipen- 

 ing, the names of the most prominent varieties being given in each class. 

 The knowledge of varieties is yet too meager to justify a recommendation 

 of any particular variety at the present time. 



The experience with other types of avocados, such as the West Indian 

 varieties and varieties from Hawaii, has in general been rather unsatis- 

 factory, owing to their greater tenderness. In does not appear, however, 

 that the trials up to the present time have been sufficiently extensive to 

 justify us in the conclusion that all varieties of these types will prove un- 

 satisfactory. We must continue our search for improved varieties in all 

 directions. 



With the large number of new and almost unknown sorts being plant- 

 ed, it is highly important that growers make a specialty of keeping 

 records of the pick from the different trees, in order to secure a basis of 

 judgment of the variety. The following is a record of the yields of the 

 original Chappelow tree during fifteen years, with other interesting data, 

 data. 



