PI. 351. 
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PARENT TREE OF THE FERNANDEZ AVOCADO. 
(Persea americana Mill.; S. P. I. No. 51105.) 
This tree, which stands in a dooryard in Rio Frio, near Santa Marta, Colombia, yields annually 
more than 500 fruits, each weighing about a pound and a half. The principal crop ripens in 
April, May, and June. Usually a second and smaller crop matures in December. (Photographed 
by Wilson Popenoe, August 3, 1920; P18018FS.) 
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