THE AVOCADO IN GUATEMALA. 53 
appearance. The skin is sufficiently thick to make the fruit a good 
snipper and is of the characteristic Guatemalan texture. The flesh 
is rich yellow in color, quite free from fiber or discoloration, and of 
very rich flavor. The seed is tight in the cavity and slightly below 
the average in size. Considered from all points of view, this bears 
every indication of being an excellent little fruit. 
A formal description of this variety follows. 
Form almost spherical ; size below medium, weight about 10 ounces, length 
Si inches, breadth slightly over 3 inches, base scarcely extended, the stem in- 
serted almost squarely without depression; apex rounded, with a slight de- 
pression around the stigmatic point ; surface undulating to finely pebbled, dull 
green in color, with numerous very minute yellowish dots ; skin not very thick, 
scarcely up to one-eighth of an inch over any portion of the fruit, separating 
readily from the flesh, woody, brittle; flesh yellow, greenish toward the skin, 
free from fiber or discoloration, of firm, smooth texture and rich flavor ; quality 
excellent ; seed rather small, nearly spherical in form, weighing slightly more 
than 1 ounce, tight in the seed cavity, with both seed coats adhering closely to 
the cotyledons. 
NIMLIOH. (No. 17.) S. P. I. No- 44440. 
It is rare to find a large-fruited avocado which is at the same time 
very productive. In the Nimlioh variety (PL XVI), however, both 
these characteristics are combined to an unusual degree. In addi- 
tion, the quality of the fruit is excellent, the flesh being rich yellow in 
color, free from discoloration, and of very rich flavor. The habit of 
the tree and the character of the wood indicate that ihe variety may 
not be a very strong grower. 
The parent tree is growing in a sitio belonging to Trinidad Her- 
nandez, Callejon de Concepcion No. 28, Antigua. The elevation is 
approximately 5,100 feet. The soil is a very sandy loam, black, loose., 
deep, and undoubtedly very fertile. The tree stands close to a wall, 
with no other large trees close to it. It is very poorly cared for. Its 
age is not known, but is probably 15 years or more. It is about 25 
feet high, the trunk 14 inches thick at the base, and the first branches 
12 feet from the ground. The crown is broadly oval, of good form, 
and rather dense. It looks, however, as though the variety might be 
a diffuse grower when young, with long, heavy shoots inclined to 
droop. The wood is unusually brittle, and the bud wood very poor, 
the eyes being stalked or losing their bud scales and falling early. 
The tree is badly attacked by leaf -gall, and there are a good many 
scale insects on it. 
The elevation of Antigua, 5,100 feet, is not great enough to insure 
unusual hardiness in a variety, and pending a test in the United 
States it can only be assumed that this avocado is of about average 
hardiness for the Guatemalan race. 
The flowering season is from the latter part of February to the 
end of March. According to the owner of the tree, it always bears 
