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short list of varieties which can be developed as California products. The 

 only way you can be in a position to do this is by securing a record of the 

 amount and quality of fruit produced by every desirable avocado tree 

 in California. 



AVOCADO VARIATIONS 

 Grove of J. T. Whedon, Yorba Linda, Cal., 1917 

 Fuerte Variety, Number Fruits Per Tree 



Tree No. 



2 



3 



Row Numbers 

 4 5 



6 



7 



8 



1 





26 





71 









2 



\2 



14 













3 



73 







ii 









4 



7 



i 



i i 



59 









5 



20 



56 



2 



32 









6 





23 



17 



7 









7 





16 



7 











8 





2 



13 











9 



4 















10 



24 





8 





io 







11 



10 





26 











12 



20 



4 













13 



10 



28 









58 





14 



11 



17 









3 



5 



15 



2 













5 



16 



3 













45 



17 



2 













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I hope I will be able to return to California next year and continue 

 our investigations. I feel sure that the growers who have co-operated with 

 us this year will continue their records another year. Although the state 

 and federal officials may devote considerable time to a study of avocado 

 varieties, the real solution of the question will rest with this Association. 

 Urge every member to keep records of the output of his individual trees, 

 appoint some official who can handle this work for the Association, and 

 do not delay in taking some definite action on the elimination of many of 

 your worthless varieties. 



MY EXPERIENCE IN GROWING AVOCADOS 

 By Mrs. Margaret Stewart, Los Angeles, California 



Whether we make the growing of avocados a science or a hobby, 

 depends upon our natural inclinations, but I assume that every one here 

 hopes to become at some time a commercial grower. To such as do, the 

 experience of one who has in some measure been a pioneer in the industry 

 may prove helpful. 



In the summer of 1912 I became obsessed with the idea of planting 

 an orchard of avocados, and as soon as possible in the spring of 1913, I 

 planted five acres of budded trees, adjoining a lemon grove which we 

 owned at San Fernando. So interested was I in the small trees that I 



