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possible hardiness. Coming from an elevation about 
1750 feet above Antigua, it may prove to be more 
frost resistant than varieties from the latter place, 
and it should be given a trial in localities in 
California and Florida which are thought to be 
slightly too cold for the average variety of this 
type. The tree is about 20 feet high, with a good 
crown. According to the owner, it bears over 200 
fruits In good seasons, but sometimes the crop is 
partly destroyed by frost. The last of the fruits of 
this year's crop are now being picked. It seems to 
ripen later than most of the trees in Antigua, but 
this may be due to the difference in elevation. The 
fruit is of good size and quality, oblong-oval, 
weighing up to a pound, deep green in color, with 
flesh of good flavor and a seed slightly large in 
size, tight in the cavity. Form truncate oval; size 
medium to above medium, weight 10 to 16 ounces, 
length 3f to 3-g- inches, greatest breadth 3 to 3f 
inches; base obliquely flattened, the stem inserted 
to one side in a shallow cavity; stem vary stout, 
about 4 inches long; apex truncate to rounded % the 
stigmatic point slightly raised; surface pebbled or 
slightly rough, dull deep green in color, with few 
yellowish dots and numerous rough russet scars; skin 
one-sixteenth inch thick at base, slightly thicker at 
apex of fruit, coarsely granular, separating readily, 
brittle; flesh firm, oily, rich yellow near the seed, 
changing to pale green near the skin, very slightly 
discolored around the base of the seed with fiber 
traces; flavor very rich, nutty; quality very good; 
seed medium to rather large in size, oblate-conic in 
form, If to 2 Inches broad, tight in the cavity, with* 
both seed coats adhering closely." 43560. "From the 
garden of Victor Garcia, who keeps a small cantina on 
the road from Antigua to San Antonla Aguas Calient es, 
.lust above the church at San Lorenzo del Cubo. After 
two weeks search in the Antigua region, this is the 
best early variety I have been able to find. There 
are practically no avocados in the Antigua market at 
the' present time; here and there one finds a tree 
which ripens its fruits this early, but most of them 
are large-seeded. At lower elevations than this 
there are more trees which ripen their fruits in 
October, but here at 5000 feet there are exceedingly 
few. This variety is small, but I believe it will be 
found that the size is amply large enough where it is 
desired to serve a half fruit as a portion. The seed 
