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Price of Avocado Trees—Budded Varieties 
Each 10 
Boxed. 4 to 6 ft. $3.50 $30.00 
goxed. 3 to 4 ft. 3.00 25.00 
Boxed.2 to 3 ft. 2.50 20.00 
Harman The tree is a very strong grower and an abundant bearer. The 
fruit of the Harman averages from three to four and a half inches 
in length and weighs about six to ten ounces. It is of a greenish purple color, 
having a smooth glossy surface, covered with yellowish dots. The flesh is of 
a creamy yellow color, of fine quality, buttery and rich in flavor. 
The seed is somewhat larger in this variety than in most avocados. This 
variety' is considered one of the best for dessert purposes. Ripens from Octo¬ 
ber to December. 
Meserve Originated during the year of 1912. It is oval to spherical in shape 
measuring about four inches in length and weighing from fourteen 
to sixteen ounces. The skin is rather rough and dark green in color and in¬ 
clined to be rather tough. The flesh is yellow, very rich and a fine nutty flavor. 
Although the skin of this variety is rather tough it is very easily separated 
from the meat, which makes it particularly desirable for dessert purposes. 
The tree is a very strong grower, a good bearer, and although it has not been 
planted extensively as yet avocado growers express the opinion that it will be 
one of the leading varieties. Ripens from April to June. 
Northrup Originated at Santa Ana, California, and resembles the pear in 
^ shape. It is of medium size and weighs from eight to ten 
ounces. The skin is smooth, glossy and purplush black in color. The flesh is 
a creamy yellow color, smooth, containing very little fibre and of very rich 
flavor. This variety analizes about 25 per cent fat. 
The tree is hardy and a prolific bearer and has the distinction of being one 
of the avocados which produces two crops in a season. The first crop ripens 
from October to November; the second crop, which is smaller than the first, 
ripens in April and May. 
On account of its two crops and its prolonged ripening period we strongly 
advise the planting of the Northrup in family orchards, as well as for com¬ 
mercial purposes, wherever planters have land sufficiently protected for the 
growing of avocados. 
Taft The Taft was originated in Orange county, California, in 1912. It is a 
pyriform fruit, measuring about five inches in length and weighs from 
fourteen to twenty-five ounces. 
The skin is thick, rather rough and of a deep green color. The flesh is light 
yellow, in color, and very rich in flavor. The tree is a vigorous grower, very 
ornamental, and bears the distinction of being one of the hardiest of the 
avocado family. 
The Taft is considered by those growing avocados in a commercial way, 
to be one of the most profitable varieties on account of its early ripening 
period and heavy bearing qualities. Ripens June to August. 
Price of Avocado Seedling Trees 
Each 10 
Balled. . .4 to 6 ft. $1.00 $7.50 
Balled.3 to 4 ft. .75 6.00 
Seedling The seedling avocado tree is much the same as seedlings of other 
6 fruits. While they produce a fairly good fruit is is always found 
to be inferior to that of the budded varieties. 
The chief reason we find for people buying and planting the seedling is on 
account of its price, which, of course, is much less than that of the budded 
varieties. 
Where one is desirous of trying the avocado in new sections it may be well 
to try a seedling, at first, and in case it thrives well no doubt the budded 
variety will do the same. We, however, have known of seedlings planted which 
produced very fine fruit and where one is planting an avocado for ornamental 
purposes the seedling is recommended. 
LOQUATS 
The loquat is a handsome, large-leaved evergreen and highly adapted to Cal¬ 
ifornia conditions. It is a compact grower and forms a well-rounded head. 
In addition to its making a fine ornamental tree, the fine budded varieties pro- 
