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NIMLIOH (No. Seventeen) S. P. I. 44440. From Antigua, 

 Guatemala. Elevation 5100 ft. A large-fruited variety which is at the 

 same time very productive, and of excellent quality. The fruit is broadly 

 oval in form, usually somewhat oblique. It weighs 36 to 45 ozs. The 

 surface is deep green in color, rather rough, the skin thick and woody. 1 he 

 flesh is yellow, free from discoloration, and of excellent texture and very 

 rich flavor. The seed is medium sized. At Antigua the ripening season of 

 this variety is February and March, slightly earlier than that of most others. 

 (Fig. 22) 



Figure 23 PANCHOY 



A very thick-skinned fruit of excellent quality. Rough, 

 green, about a pound in weight. Midseason. 



PANCHOY (No. Eighteen) S. P. 1. 44625. From Antigua. 

 Guatemala. Elevation 5100 ft. A very thick-skinned fruit of unusually 

 choice quality. In form it is broadly obovoid, in weight about one pound. 

 The surface is rough, green in color, the flesh deep yellow, smooth, of very 

 rich flavor. The seed is rather small. The ripening season at Antigua is 

 January to April. A midseason variety. (Fig. 23) 



