Department of Agriculture 
It in retjuented that the followum 
number be diluted in the reply 
to thin letter. 
17 in Agr. 264/50. 
Straits settlements 
& 
Federated Malay States. 
Kuala Lumpur, 14 th. March, I95I 
Dear Holttum, 
Many thanks for your letter No .17 in 
545/29, dated the 15th. March, I95 1 regarding the 
origin of the Avocado Pear seedlings which you 
kindly supplied to this Department last July. 
I note that they were raised from seeds 
of unnamed Guatemalan and Mexican hybrids received 
from Los Angelas about June, 1929, but some of the 
plants may be from seed obtained from the Zest 
Indies a few months earlier. 
Yours sincerely, 
R.E.Holttum, Esq.., 
The Director of Gardens, S.S. 
Singapore. 
