1798 
when properly ripened makes a fine baking 
and preserving fruit. The trees are strong 
and vigorous with large, thick, glossy leaves. 
The two original trees have been grown at 
Chico for more than ten years and no .trace 
of blight has appeared. Mr. J. E. Morrow, 
Superintendent of the Chico Garden, who has 
watched this pear carefully for a number of 
years, says that it is a splendid cooking 
pear and that it tastes, after being cooked, 
something like pineapple. He further says 
that, owing to its extreme vigor, size, 
hardiness, immunity to blight, and heavy 
cropping qualities, he believes the pear 
has much promise. He regards it as much bet- 
ter than Kieffer or LeConte, and Is of the 
opinion that It should be thoroughly tested 
out, especially in the Southern States. 
"We have tested the pear as a baking and preserv- 
ing fruit. When properly ripened it bakes quickly, 
and when cut in halves, cored, and cooked with a tea- 
spoonful of sugar, a small bit of butter, and a sprink- 
ling of cinnamon to each piece, the fruit is delicious. 
In preserving, the fruit remains firm, assuming a clear 
crystalline appearance, with a rich pear taste." (B. 
T. Galloway.) 
NAMES OP GUATEMALAN AVOCADOS. 
Wilson Popenoe. 
Many of the avocados introduced from Guatemala 
in 1916-17 have come into bearing In California and 
Florida. Several of the varieties are already in the 
trade, and are being planted commercially. 
The Of flee of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction 
has received numerous inquiries concerning the meaning 
of the names given to these varieties, In U. S. De- 
partment of Agriculture Bulletin No. 743, "The Avocado 
in Guatemala," the statement was made: "In order to 
distinguish these avocados from varieties originated 
in the United States, names taken from one of the Maya 
dialects have been given them. Inasmuch as they come 
from the Maya territory, this may not be Inappropri- 
ate." 
The Maya race occupied Guatemala and Yucatan In 
prehistoric times, and there developed the most remark- 
able indigenous civilization of the western hemi- 
sphere. 
