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handsome, being crimson when young, hence the variety name. Intro- 

 duced into California and being tested out in some localities. 

 Carton. (Mex.) 



Original tree owned by P. E. Carton, San Fernando; seed planted 

 in May, 1907, from an extra large, green fruit sent from Guadalajara, 

 Mexico. The tree is said to have borne the third year from seed 67 

 fruits; fourth year, 780; fifth year, 227; sixth year, 460; and seventh year, 

 1000 fruits or more. Several budded trees bearing at San Fernando, 

 1916. Variety first described by Ryerson in the Journal of Agriculture 

 for November, 1913. 



Challenge. (Guat.) 



Original tree owned by J. H. Walker, 1547 Las Palmas Ave., Holly- 

 wood; said to have been planted about 1897. Tree began bearing at seven 

 or eight years of age and following crops averaged from 800 to 1500 

 fruits. It failed almost completely one season several years before 

 the freeze of 1912-13 and also the one immediately after. In 1914-15 

 there were approximately 2500 fruits on the tree but in 1916 only six 

 fruits were produced, seeming to indicate the habit of bearing in 

 alternate years which is common with many other kinds of fruit trees, 

 due no doubt to over production. Mr. Walker actually sold 1540 

 f raits from the tree in 1915 for $756.36. There were also a good many 

 fruits used in the family of which no account was made and 200 were 

 picked to lighten the branches. 



During the cold spell of January, 1913, the tree was subjected to two 

 nights of frost, the first with a temperature of 24 and the second of 

 18°; the tips of the branches were frozen and in exposed places some of 

 the older wood was killed, but the frait escaped. The worst feature 

 was the failure of the tree to set fruit that spring for the following 

 season. The variety was first described by F. 0. Popenoe in thesei 

 Proceedings for October 23, 1915. Budded trees fruiting in 1916. 



Champion. (Guat.) 



Original tree on the place of C. P. Taft of Orange; seed planted by 

 him in 1902. Budwood was sent to Florida in 1916 for trial. First 

 described by F. 0. Popenoe in these Proceedings for October 23, 1915. 



Chappelow, (Mex.) 



Original tree owned by Wm. Chappelow, Monrovia. The seed from 

 which the Chappelow avocado was grown was sent by the U. S. D. A. 

 in the summ.er of 1893. They had been received from Mr. F. Foex 

 then of Eddy, N. Mexico, who had obtained them from fruits found on 

 trees near Monterey, Mexica, where they had been subjected to a 

 temperature of about 22° F. during several consecutive nights when in 

 blossom during the preceding winter. 



The seedling was grown in a pot and not planted out until the 

 following spring. The winter of that year (1894) was very cold and the 

 small tree was frosted down to the ground and came up again the next 

 spring. The tree began bearing the fourth and fifth years from planting 

 and has been bearing every year since except the year of the heavy 

 freeze of January, 1913. Buds of the tree were sent to Professor 

 Rolfs of Miami, Florida, 1902. He top-worked it in seedlings and 



