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of Tampa on the West Coast; and por¬ 
tions of Pinellas County. In the interior 
of the state only the safest localities, such 
as the highlands of Pope and DeSoto 
Counties and sections protected on the 
north and northwest by large bodies of 
water like Lake Okeechobee, can be con¬ 
sidered reasonably safe for commercial 
planting. 
Of the West Indian varieties the most 
important and in fact the one standard 
variety on the market today is the Trapp. 
This variety constitutes more than 90 per 
cent of the budded groves of Florida 
where it has proven a reliable bearer and 
a good shipper. The season is from Sep¬ 
tember to December, a few fruits hanging 
on later. While Trapp is only fair in 
quality, it would take a very good variety 
indeed to replace it as a standard variety 
for commercial planting. 
Pollock has been planted commercially 
to some extent. The fruit is high in 
quality and the tree is vigorous, but un¬ 
fortunately Pollock is such a shy bearer 
that it is generally considered an unprofi¬ 
table variety for commercial planting. Its 
excellent quality, however, will give it a 
place in many home gardens as an August 
and September fruit. Occasionally a 
tree of Pollock is found that is much more 
productive than the average and it is quite 
possible that we may eventually find a 
strain which will combine productivity 
with the good qualities of this otherwise 
splendid fruit. 
Butler is another August and Septem¬ 
ber variety recently propagated and dis¬ 
seminated from the United States Plant 
Introduction Garden at Miami, Florida. 
It has borne heavily and regularly and is 
of a very good quality. 
A seedling tree possibly originated 
from a seed of Pollock as yet unnamed is 
bearing at the same station and is con¬ 
sidered by Mr. Edward Simmonds, in 
charge, as the most promising in point of 
yield, vigor, and quality of the many mid¬ 
summer varieties he has tested. 
Family is another summer variety 
grown to a limited extent. Although not 
high in quality it ripens through a long 
season, from early July to October, and 
is, for this reason, considered desirable 
for home groves. 
The earliest commercial variety is the 
Estelle, ripening in early July. The fruit 
is only fair and the tree, while productive, 
is a weak grower. A very early summer 
variety, ripening early in July, more vig¬ 
orous and of better quality than Estelle, 
would be a most desirable acquisition. 
Webster is considered worthy of men¬ 
tion as a fruit for home planting to ripen 
in September and October. It is a reli¬ 
able bearer and is fine in flavor. In color 
it is an attractive maroon, and it is inter¬ 
esting to note in this connection that 
some growers consider that any color ex¬ 
cept green will be discounted in the mar¬ 
ket. Others hold, with perhaps better 
reason, that the market is still so new 
that it can be easily educated to take de¬ 
sirable fruit no matter what the color. 
In fact, a distinct color may be of advan¬ 
tage in advertising a variety. 
Among the other very recent West In¬ 
dian varieties -that seem worthy of men¬ 
tion are the Baker, a very late variety 
originating at Ojus; Waldin, another 
