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about equal to its height. The trunk is two feet thick 
at the base. Apparently the fruits must commence to 
ripen in October or November, since a great many have 
already fallen, as indicated by the quantity of fresh 
seeds on the ground beneath the tree. A large pro- 
portion of the fruits left on the trees seem still to 
be immature, so that this variety can probably be con- 
sidered to have a very long season. The tree is carry- 
ing an enormous crop, as may be expected of one whose 
fruits are of this size. It is probably safe to say 
that it will produce more than 2000 fruits this season. 
This has every appearance of being a very desirable 
variety." 43934. "From the dooryard of Francisco 
Muus, ' in the southwest part of the village of San 
Cristobal. Taken all around, this seems to me to be 
much the finest variety of avocado which I have yet 
seen in Guatemala. Its fine large size, good form, 
and exceedingly rich flesh, coupled with the fact that 
the, seed is unusually small in proportion to the size 
of the fruit, make It of great interest- to those de- 
sirous of obtaining the best varieties of the avocado 
for cultivation in California and Florida. The fruit 
is broadly oval, slightly oblique, and weighs 20 to * 
22 ounces. It is green in color, has a hard brittle 
skin, and the flesh is smooth, free from fiber, deep 
yellow In color, and of excellent quality. The ex- 
traordinarily small seed is tight in the cavity, as 
it is in every variety of the Guatemalan type which I 
have examined up to the present time. The tree seems 
to be a good bearer, and ripens its fruits in January 
and February at San Cristobal, which is 4550 feet 
above sea level. Form broadly oval, slightly oblique; 
size very large, weight 20 to 22 ozs., length 4| 
inches, breadth 4 Inches; base obliquely flattened, 
the stem inserted without depression; apex obliquely 
flattened, slightly depressed around the stigmatic 
point; surface pebbled to rather rough, deep green in 
color, with numerous rather large yellowish dots; skin 
1/16 inch thick, slightly thicker over some portions 
of the fruit, coarsely granular, brittle; flesh of an 
unusually rich yellow color, changing to pale green 
near the skin, free from fiber and of fine smooth 
texture; flavor very rich and pleasant; quality ex- 
cellent; seed very small in proportion to the size of 
the fruit, oblate, weighing 2 ozs., tight in the 
cavity with both seed coats adhering closely to the 
cotyledons, which are slightly rough for this type. 
Season January to March at San Cristobal Verapaz. The 
