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placed from 25 to 30 feet apart. The Chappelow, which is 22 years old, 

 has a spread of about 60 feet; the Challenge tree, 19 years old, 38 feet, 

 (Fig. 1); and the Taft, 16 years old, about 35 feet. One would judge from 

 the nature of the avocado tree that a low spreading form of tree is to 

 be preferred. Evidently thus, the distance of the trees in a twenty-five 

 year old grove should not be closer than 40 to 60 feet. Whether a method 

 of pruning can be found to keep them successfully within this size remains 

 to be seen. 



TABLE 2. 



Yields of Original Tree, Wagner Avocado 



(Data furnished by C. F. Wagner, Hollywood) 



1915 Crop 1916 Crop 



Date 



No. of fruits 



Date 



No. of fruits 



March 20 



8 



February 1 



1 



April 



1 



8 



22 



1 





2 



2 



23 



1 





& 



6 



March 1 



3 





13 



130 (limb broke) 15 



2 





23 



36 



16 



1 





24 



15 



21 



3 





30 



6 



24 



2 



May 



1 



3 



25 



15 





2 



1 



27 



2 





6 



25 



29 



7 





13 



25 



30 



3 





18 



25 



May 1 



4 





25 



37 



2 



3 



June 



3 



30 



3 



2 





7 



15 



4 



40 





16 



25 



7 



37 





18 



20 



8 



3 





23 



25 



9 



4 









10 



25 









12 



1 









25 



26 



Total crop . . 



442 





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Certain varieties, such as the Lyon (Fig. 2) and the Perfecto, and 

 the Carton that show a marked tendency even in budded trees to grow tall 

 and columnar, not spreading to any great extent, will doubtless allow of 

 closer planting. The original Dickinson seedling is also an erect, 

 columnar tree with little spread, (Fig. 3), but young, budded trees seem 

 to be as broadly spreading in habit as many other varieties. 



