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1916 ANNUAL REPORT 



Dickey. (Guat.) 



Original tree on place of E. W. Dickey, head of La Brea Ave., 

 Hollywood. Seed from Atlixco, Mexico, planted about 1904. First crop 

 about 300 fruits. Budded trees very difficult to grow and very few thriv- 

 ing; several fruiting, however, at Yoroa Linda in 1916, also at San Fer- 

 nando. Buds sent to Florida fruited during the winter of 1915-16. Variety 

 described by Ryerson in Journal of Agriculture for November 1913. 



Dickey A. (Guat.) 



Original tree on place of E. W. Dickey, Hollywood; planted about 

 1904. Described by Ryerson in the Journal of Agriculture, November 

 1913, under the provisional name of Dickey A. 



Davis Nos. 4, 6, 7, 



Analyses of these three varieties are given in the Hawaii Station 

 Report for 1914, p. 66. 

 Dickinson. (Guat.) 



Original tree growing at 679 West 35th Street, Los Angeles. Mrs. 

 M. J. Dickinson, 630 West 35th Street, planted the seed and owned 

 the tree up to 1912. According to Mrs. Dickinson, a grocer of the 

 neighborhood went to Honduras and when he came back brought two 

 avocado seeds with him. She planted these about 1899. One seedling was 

 killed by the frost, while the other was planted near the house and grew 

 thriftily, being more sheltered. It bore a few fruits in 1909, 1910, and 

 1911, 50 or so each year, while in 1912 the fruit on the tree sold for 

 $150.00, at $.25 each. In 1912-13 it was more or less frosted and did 

 not bear much fruit until 1916, when 450 fruits matured. Another 

 report says that the seed came from the city of Guatemala. The 

 variety was first described by Ryerson in the Journal of Agriculture, 

 November 1913. 



Don Carlos. 



A Cuban variety described in 1916 under S. P. I. No. 40979. 

 Eskbank. 



A Hawaiian variety especially recommended for planting in the 

 Islands. 



Estelle. (W. 1.) 



A Florida variety described in nursery catalogs. 

 Family. (W. I.) 



A Florida variety described and figured by a colored plate in the 

 Yearbook for 1910, p. 431. First described in 1905 by P. H. Rolfs under 

 S. P. L No. 12935. 



Farnsworth. 



A Hawaiian variety especially recommended for planting in the 

 Islands. 



Ferry. (Guat.) 



Original tree growing on place of Dr. F. C. Ferry, Hollywood Blvd. 

 and Serrano Ave., Hollywood. Tree was planted in 1898 as a seedling 

 from the Sturtevant Nursery. The first fruits were produced about 

 1910; there were none on the tree in 1914, but in 1915 the tree bore 12 

 to 15 dozen and in 1916 a total of 23 dozen which sold at $4.50 a dozen. 

 No fruits have set in 1916. The tree was damaged by fire in 1907, one 



