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rear of the Masonic building, 7a Avenida Norte No. 4, 
Guatemala City, Guatemala. The altitude here is ap- 
proximately 4900 feet. This tree has been mentioned 
by several people as producing the finest fruit which 
they have ever eaten. Don Pedro Bruni , who has lived 
in Guatemala many years, and is thoroughly familiar 
with avocados, tells me that he has never eaten a 
fruit of better quality than this. The tree is very 
large, standing at least 50 feet high, with a trunk 
about two feet in diameter. Its age is unknown, but 
it is probably 50 or 75 years at least. It has a 
dense crown, and seems to be in vigorous condition. 
As is commonly the case with avocados of the Guate- 
malan type, the tree does not appear to produce a 
large crop of fruit every season. It bore well last 
year, but is not fruiting at all this year, hence it 
has not been possible to examine the fruit. The 
caretaker on the property described it as being pear- 
shaped, medium sized (probably about a pound in 
weight or perhaps a trifle more), and deep purple in 
color when ripe. The seed is said to be small or 
medium sized, and the flesh rich yellow in color, of 
unusually rich flavor. It is difficult to ascertain 
the length of the season, but the fruit is said to be 
at its best from May to July. The tree is said to 
bear heavy crops in some seasons, and the fact that 
it is not bearing this year Is not against the vari- 
ety, since this is the habit of a great many trees of 
this type; it seems, in fact, to be the rule. Al- 
though I have not been able to examine this fruit 
personally, it seems well worthy of trial in Cali- 
fornia and Florida on the strength of the recommen- 
dation given it by the people here." (Popenoe.) 
Rosa abietina Grenier. (Rosaceae.) 43706. Ro«e hips 
from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold 
Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and Dr. 
W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A shrub with slen- 
der, often climbing brown stems, becoming 10 feet 
high, and usually armed with straight prickles. 
The leaves are composed of 5 to 9 leaflets, which 
are dark green, and the bright yellow flowers occur 
singly or several at a time. The flowers are from 2 
to 2| inches wide, and have a very unpleasant odor. 
The fruit is round. This rose is a native of west- 
ern Asia. (Adapted from Rehder, in Bailey, Stand- 
ard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 2995, under Rosa 
foetida. ) 
