Inventory 34, Seeds and Plants Innported. 



Plate V. 



The Veranero Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.) from Caracas, Venezuela. 



(S. P. I. No. 35121.) 



A variety ripening its crops in March, at the end of the dry season: smaller than the August- 

 ripening varieties, but of a characteristic vellow color and of a special, very fine flavor; grows 

 at 1.400 meters altitude. Introduced through H. Pittier. (Photographed "by Mr. Pittier, Crop 

 Acclimatization Xo. 1553G.) 



