Jul. 743, U, S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate XV. 
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A Crop from the Parent Tree of the Nabal Avocado. 
Fruits to the number of 315 are here shown at the base of the parent Nabal avocado tree, growing 
in the tinea Santa Lucia at Antigua. As indicated by the small size of the trunk, the tree is 
qiute young, and the crown, which is formed 10 feet above the ground, is slender and sparsely 
branched. The crop mav therefore be considered a heavy one. The fruits weigh about 12 ounces 
each, have rather small seeds , and are of excellent qualit v. ( Photographed at Antigua, Guatemala, 
Januarv 2S, 1917; P17051FS.) 
