CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



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Limb Variations 



Notes 



records in commercial plantings, especially where it seems desirable to 

 study in detail the behavior of individual trees. 



I believe the form shown in table 4, in which space may be provided 

 on a single page for recording the data for 40 or more trees, will prove 

 practical for commercial orchards. As it is necessary to make a number of 

 picks from individual trees during a season, space is provided for re- 

 cording these different picks. These data could be recorded in number 

 of fruits, weight of fruit, or number of boxes borne by the individual 

 trees. 



Table 4. 



COMMERCIAL AVOCADO PERFORMANCE RECORD. 



Block No Row No Variety 



Date 1 



i 1 











1 









Tree No. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. i Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



Lbs. 



Total 



1 





























2 





























3 









1 





















4 





























5 





























6 



























7 





























8 





























9 





























10 





























By securing such records you will be able to find out which varieties 

 ought to be developed as strictly California products. Copies of the 

 records of the best trees ought to be forwarded to the central office of 

 this Association and filed. All members of this Association ought to 

 know the location of these superior trees and ought not to plant trees 

 unless they are propagated from bearing trees whose performance 

 record could be furnished at any time by the secretary of the California 

 Avocado Association. 



Find out what your individual trees are doing, reduce the number of 

 your avocado varieties from eighty-six to six or seven, make tree 

 registry work an important activity of this Association, and start your 

 new avocado industry on a performance record basis. 



