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two years later obtained fruit. Professor Rolfs named the variety- 

 after Mr. Chappelow, by which name it has been known since. The 

 tree is now 23 years old and is the largest in California, possibly in 

 the United States. The tree itself has never been injured by frost 

 since it was one year old, but several years the crop of fruit has been 

 lessened by an extra cold snap in blooming time. The tree has always 

 borne a crop with the exception of 1913 when the thermometer went 

 down to 10° and all the fruit and bloom were killed. It bloomed again 

 later on, but only a small number of fruits set. The record of the 

 number of fruits since 1902 is as follows: 1902, 310; 1903, 380; 1904, 605; 

 1905. 575; 1906, 235; 1907, 465; 1908, 1209; 1909, 260; 1910, 285; 

 1911, 1025; 1912, 350; 1913, 20; 1914, 3215; 1915, 1723. Seedlings of the 

 Chappelow have borne fruit remarkably like that of the parent tree, due 

 either to its isolation which prevents cross-pollination with other varieties 

 or to the pure strain of seed from which it came. Budded trees have 

 been bearing for several years in various parts of Southern California. 

 Some trees are known to produce small, elongated, seedless fruits in 

 addition to normal specimens. 



The variety was named and described by P. H. Rolfs under S. P. I. 

 No. 12934 in 1905. A description, history and colored reproduction of the 

 fruit is given in the U. S. D. A. Yearbook for 1906, pp. 363, 364. An 

 outline drawing was published in 1904 in Bulletin 61, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, by P. H. Rolfs. 



Chili. (Guat.) 



Imported as budwood from an altitude of 6000 feet in Chili in June, 

 1911, by D. E. Clower of Monrovia through Dr. W. E. Aughenbaugh. 

 Described by K. A. Ryerson in Pomona Journal of February, 1913. 



Christmas Red. (W. I.) 



Described in John B. Beach's Florida Catalogue as a seedling from 

 the Trapp which produces a fruit more oval in form than the parent and 

 mahogany red. 



Colima. (Guat.) 



Introduced as budwood in 1912 by the West India Gardens from near 

 Colima, Mexico, as Johnston No. 5. Fruit not yet accurately described. 

 Colon. (Guat.) 



Introduced as budwood in 1911 by West India Gardens, from Atlixco, 

 Mexico, under No. 24. First described by F. O. Popenoe in these Proceed- 

 ings for Oct. 23, 1915. 



Colorado. (Guat.) 



Original tree planted on College Street, Los Angeles, about 1901 by 

 J. Murrieta, the seed coming from Atlixco, Mexico. In May 1914 the 

 tree was transplanted by E. L. Doheny to his home grounds, Beverly 

 Hills near Los Angeles, and is fruiting in 1916. Buds of the Colorado 

 placed in large seedlings have produced fruit at Duarte. Variety first 

 described by Ryerson in the Journal of Agriculture for November 1913. 

 Quite commonly known as Purple Murrieta. 



Cyrus. 



A Florida variety described by P. J. Wester in 1910 probably under 

 S. P. I. No. 26699. 



