62 BULLETIN 743, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
bushes and grevilleas, the tree is not crowded and has developed to 
large size. It stands about 50 feet high, with a rather slender trunk 
and a dense crown, the trunk being 2 feet thick at the base and 
branching about 8 feet from the ground. The age of the tree is 
probably 30 years or more. It is badly attacked by leaf-gall, but in 
general has the appearance of a strong, vigorous variety, the branch- 
lets being well formed, long, round, and stout. The bud wood is 
good, having strongly developed eyes well placed for cutting. 
Antigua does not experience severe frosts; hence, it is impossible 
to determine in advance of a trial in the United States whether or 
not the variety is any hardier than the average of the Guatemalan 
race. 
The flowering season is February and March. The tree blooms 
profusely and in some years sets enormous crops of fruit. In 1917 a 
very heavy crop was ripened. The 1918 crop is much smaller. In 
general, the bearing habits of the tree give promise of being unusually 
good, there being a tendency for the fruits to develop in clusters. 
The season of ripening is properly from February to June, but fruits 
picked early in December develop fairly good flavor upon being 
ripened in the house. The season may be termed early to midseason. 
The fruit is more variable in form than that of most other varie- 
ties. The range is from oval to slender pyriform, nearly all the 
fruits being of the latter shape, without, however, a well-defined 
neck. The weight varies from 8 to 12 ounces. The surface is slightly 
rough and green in color. The skin is moderately thick, the flesh 
rich yellow in color, quite free from all fiber or discoloration, and of 
very rich and pleasant flavor. The seed is a trifle large in some 
specimens, small in others, being medium sized or rather small on 
the average. It is tight in the seed cavity. 
The variety may be formally described as follows : 
Form oval to elliptic-pyriforin ; size below medium to medium, weight 8* 
to 12 ounces, length 3f to 4f inches, breadth 2f to 3f inches ; base rounded to 
pointed, the stem inserted slightly to one side without depression ; apex rounded 
to broadly pointed; surface sparsely pebbled, uniformly so, bright green in 
color, with comparatively few small yellowish dots ; skin not very thick for 
this type, one-sixteenth of an inch near the stem and slightly more toward the 
apex of the fruit, hard and coarsely granular ; flesh rich cream yellow in color, 
free from fiber and with no discoloration, firm and unusually dry, of rich and 
pleasant flavor ; quality very good ; seed ovoid conical, medium sized, weighing 
1 ounce more or less, tight in its cavity, with both seed coats adhering closely 
to the smooth cotyledons. 
CABNAL. (No. 27.) S. P. I. No. 44782. 
The Cabnal avocado is a very productive variety (PL XXI), whose 
fruits are of pleasing round form, good size, and rich flavor. It gives 
promise of being slightly later in ripening than most other Antiguan 
varieties. 
