C584 03. NUNNEZHARIA 

 PACAYA. Pacaya Salad Palm. 

 FromCoban, Guatemala. Collected by 

 O. F. Cook. A slende^', small palm 

 cultivated generally for the young 

 male inflorescences called Pacayas 

 by Guatemalans, which resemble 

 green corn in the husk; 4 to 6 pacayas 

 areproducedeach year; begins bearing 

 the fourth year; makes excellent raw 

 salad. Try under shelter in Florida. 



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Ghitoni Olive. From Tunis, North 

 Africa, through T. H. Kearney. The 

 principal oil-producingolive of North - 

 ern Tunisia, but not so well adapted 

 to the drier, hotter regions as other 

 sorts like the Chemlali. For trial in 

 California. 



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Chemlali Olive. From Tunis, North 

 Africa, through Thomas H. Kearney. 

 Small oil-producing olive, grown in 

 immense plantations around Sfax 

 where only from 5 to 10 inches of rain 

 falls, irrigated for first two or three 

 summers only. Orchards created by 

 planting pieces of wood from bases of 

 old trees. Promising variety for 

 California, because of robust growth. 



