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have been sent as budwood in 1912 from Altadena, California, and suc- 

 cessfully propagated at Lamao, Philippine Islands. 

 Stephens (V/. I.) 



S. P. I. No. 26691. Budwood obtained from Judge White's 

 place, Buena Vista, Florida, by Mrs. P. H. Rolfs, May 4, 1905. 

 Illustrated and described in the Florida Grower, February 17, 1 9 1 7, p. 

 1 1 , by P. H. Rolfs. Season December and January. More glossy and 

 more uniformly green in color than the Trapp. 

 Waldin (W. I.) 



A Florida seedling originating on the home place of B. A. Vv^aldin, 

 Homestead, Florida. Seed planted in 1 909 ; first fruit produced in 

 1912-13. Described as follows in a letter from Mr. Lloyd S. Tenny 

 of Miami, February 19, 1917: "Skin green, smooth and tough, not 

 bruised by rubbing as is the Trapp during heavy wind storms; fruit of 

 unusually fine quality with a very tight seed and firm flesh ; weight 1 8 to 

 20 ounces. Season December 15 to January 10." 

 Caribou (Guat) 



A variety originating on the place of W. A. Spinks, Duarte, 1916-17. 

 Fruit almost spherical, somewhat oblique, 3% inches long by 3% inches 

 diameter; weight about % pound; color deep green; surface slightly 

 roughened by the large, numerous, raised dots, glossy; apex broad, some- 

 what flattened, center a point; base oblique, rounded; cavity none; stem 

 medium, 0.4 inch diameter; skin granular, 1/16 inch thick, separating 

 readily from the flesh; seed spherical, oblique, 2 by 2 inches, smooth, 

 21.8 per cent, of the weight of the entire fruit, tight in the medium-sized 

 cavity; seed-coats adhering. Flesh deep creamy-yellow, Yz inch thick, 

 firm, buttery, fairly rich and nutty in fl.avor, of good quality, with very 

 little fiber. Season, May. Tree dormant in winter and exceptionally 

 hardy, with bright green foliage. 

 I. X. L. (Guat) 



A variety originating on the place of W. A. Spinks, Duarte, Cali- 

 fornia, 1916-17. Fruit very large, 5.8 inches long by 4.2 inches diam- 

 eter ; weight 1 Yz pounds or more ; shape pyrif orm ; color deep green ; 

 surface roughened by protruding dots which are large and light green; 

 apex slightly flattened with the center very slightly depressed; basal half 

 tapering ; stem stout in a slight cavity. Skin granular, 1/10 inch thick, 

 peeling readily. Seed large in a large cavity, oblique-spherical, with 

 adhering seed coats and smooth surface, tight in the cavity, comprising 19 

 per cent of the weight of the fruit. Flesh yellow, shading to greenish near 

 the skin, 0.4 to 0.8 inch thick, soft, melting, slightly watery, fairly rich 

 but hardly nutty, of good quality, with a slight amount of fiber most 

 noticeable near base of seed. Season, May. 

 Key Largo (Guat) 



A true Guatemalan hard-shell originating on the place of W. A. 

 Spinks, Duarte, 191 6-1 7. Fruit almost spherical, of medium size, 35^ 

 inches long by SYl inches diameter; weight over % pound; color very 

 dark green; surface warty especially the basal half, with a few, small, 

 light green or russet dots; apex flattened, center slightly depressed; base 

 oblique; cavity none; stem very stout, wrinkled, 0.6 inch diameter. Skin 



