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several other trees which seem, like 32, to bloom and 
ripen entirely out of the main season, but 32 is the 
only one whose fruit is up to standard. This variety 
is of excellent quality. The fruit is long and slender, 
which may be a slight defect from our point of view, 
but so far as I can see this is the only defect that 
it has, and if it ripens as far out of the main season 
in California and Florida as it does here, it will be 
so valuable that the slender form will not matter. It 
remains to be seen whether or not the variety will 
retain its habit of flowering out of season in Cali- 
fornia and Florida. 
"Replying to your letter of the 18th ult., re 
papaya seed, it seems to me that there are much better 
regions than Guatemala in which to obtain this. The 
papaya is not very abundant here, and there are very 
few superior varieties. To obtain large quantities 
of seed of the latter, such as you desire, would be 
a very slow job, and I do not believe more than two 
or three pounds could be obtained within the next 
month. I believe it would be much more satisfactory 
to obtain seed from Hawaii, where better varieties are 
available in abundance. 
"I will try to get specimens of chayote roots 
and the soil around them,, so that Dr. Cobb can make 
an examination. I expect to go to Antigua this week, 
and while in that region will see if I can get any 
more information re chayote culture. In the Indian 
villages around Antigua there are a great many chayo- 
tes grown. 
"I expect to ship 4000 avocado seeds within a 
couple of weeks, but they will probably not reach you 
until a week later than this letter." 
INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 
Owing to the war demands upon the government, 
printing funds, it has been necessary to suspend tem- 
porarily the publication of the inventories of seeds 
and plants, which under normal conditions should ap- 
pear every three months. There are now prepared sev- 
veral .of these inventories, which have been ready for 
the printer for many months. 
While it is out of the question to publish these 
inventories in Plant Immigrants, it does seem advisable 
to reproduce here the brief Introductory Statements 
Do not forget that a fifty dollar Liberty Bond will 
render painless four hundred operations. 
