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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT Or AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
Chapman Field, 
Coconut Grove, Fla 
March 7» 1928. 
R. E. Holtturn, Esq. 
Curator of Botanio Garden, 
Singapore, 
Straits Settlement. 
My dear Mr. Holttum:- 
When I was at the Garden in May of 192 6 Mr. B> 
showed me the fruit of Artocarpus polyp hernia and Ahmat got 
specimen from the market for me which I photographed. I took 
the seeds from that specimen and sent them to Y/ashington and 
they grew a few seedlings hut unfortunately none of them have 
lived here. 
I wonder if it would he asking too much of you to 
have Ahmat get another fruit and take the seeds from it and 
send them to Washington in a tin I am asking the office to send 
you. 
I am having prepared a set of Avocado hudded 
plants which I trust we can get out to you in good condition. 
They will come along in the course of a few months now. We 
had a fire which set us hack and a hurricane which destroyed 
our Avocado trees — hence the long delay. 
Trusting your health has improved and that hoth you 
and Mr. & Mrs. Best are quite well again. 
I have arranged to present a medal to Dr. Ridley, 
the long time Director of your Gardens, for his distinguished 
work in the early days of the introduction of the Ruhher tree 
from Brazil. He has been a great servant of the world and 
deserves very great honor. 
With best regards, I remain 
Very sincerely yours, 
David Fairchild. 
Senior Agricultural Explorer. 
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