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in the United States, however, to determine whether or not it has 

 characteristics which make it of commercial value. 



" Formal description : The parent tree is about 45 feet high, 

 with a spread of 60 feet, and is at least 50 years old. The trunk 

 is 3 feet thick at the base, forked at 10 feet above the ground. 

 The crown is rather open, and some of the main limbs extend 

 almost horizontally. The foliage when crushed is distinctly anise 

 scented. 



The fruit is oblong-t^bovoid ; weight 6 to 7 ounces, length about 

 4 inches, greatest breadth about 2^ inches ; base bluntly pointed, 

 with the stem inserted to one side ; apex rounded to broadly 

 pointed : surface pale olive-green, blushed with maroon-purple, 

 and with very numerous large whitish green dots ; skin not quite 

 0.5 millimeter thick, firm and leathery in texture ; flesh rich 

 cream-yellow, greenish close to the skin, with few fiber markings, 

 the flavor very rich, nutty, and pleasant ; quality excellent ; seed 

 oblong-conic, tight to slightly loose in the cavity. Ripening season 

 at Irumina mainly from December to March. 



" This fruit when grown under good cultivation in the United 

 States will probably weigh from 8 to 10 ounces. The season at 

 which it will ripen in that country can be ascertained only by a 

 trial." 



54276. "(No. 633. Ibarra, Ecuador. June 16, 1921.) Cuttings of 

 avocado No. 54, Capac. The parent tree is growing in the huerta 

 rented by Rosa Gonzales, at the Hacienda Carpuela, at an alti- 

 tude of 5,300 feet. The fruit is a good-sized Mexican avocado 

 about 9 ounces in weight, obovoid in form, purple, and of excel- 

 lent quality. The seed is relatively small, and the tree is said to 

 be very productive. The variety is worthy of a trial in California 

 and in the cooler avocado-growing regions of Florida. 



" Formal description : The parent tree is about 45 feet high, 

 slender and erect in habit, with a trunk 18 inches thick at the 

 base, forked 2 feet above the ground. The oval crown is moder- 

 ately dense, and the foliage rich green in color and healthy in 

 appearance. 



*' The fruit is oblong-pyriforra to oval-obovoid in form ; weight 

 about 9 ounces, length 4 to 4-^- inches, greatest breadth about 2f 

 inches ; base broadly pointed, the stem inserted slightly to one 

 side ; apex rounded to slightly and obliquely flattened ; surface 

 of ripe fruit glossy purple-black, with very few dots visible ; skin 

 less than 0.5 millimeter thick, relatively tough ; flesh yellowish 

 cream color, tinged green near the skin, with numerous fiber 

 markings; flavor nutty, rich, and pleasant; quality good; seed 

 rather small, ovate to oval, tight in the cavity with both seed 

 coats adhering closely to the cotyledons. Ripening season mainly 

 from November to March, but a few fruits ripen at other seasons 

 of the year. 



" Some specimens do not show any fiber discoloration in the 

 flesh ; this is perhaps a question that depends, to a certain extent, 

 upon the degree of maturity which the fruit has reached at the 

 time it is picked." 



54277. "(No. 634. Ibarra. Ecuador. June 16, 1921.) Cuttings of 

 avocado No. 55, Inca. The parent tree is growing in one of the 

 huertas at the Hacienda San Vicente, a few hundred yards north 

 of the house, at an altitude of 6,100 feet. This is one of the most 

 promising avocados obtained in the Chota Valley, if not the most 

 promising of all. It is an unusually large fruit for one of the 

 Mexican race, and at the same time has a very small seed, and 

 flesh of excellent quality. It is worthy of a careful trial in the 

 avocado-growing regions of the United States. 



" Formal description : The parent tree is about 50 feet high 

 and of erect round-topped form, with an open well-branched 

 crown. The trunk is about 2 feet thick at the base and gives olf 

 several large limbs about 10 feet above the ground. There is a 

 faint aniselike odor to the crushed leaves. So far as can be 



