Inside Front Cover.

Annona chierimola 3101-3-5 Seeds Spondias sp? 3102 Merida Passiflora sp. ligularis 3104 yellow fruit Vitis sp. 3106 Red fl. Hufelandia anay 3107 Wild avocado of Guatemala Annona purpurer 3108 Annona sp. Wild sp. 3109 Antigua to Esquintha Spondias purpurea 3110 Crataegus 3111 Sechium edule 3112 Achradelphia viridis 3114 Spondias lutea purpurea 3115,16,17 Theobroma bicolor 3118 Sapote sp. “Sansa” 3119 Psidium Molle 3120 Wild guava Palm undet. Eoc. Agr. ? 3121 Capsicum annuum 3122 Atalantia citroides 3123 Areca sp. 3124, 25 Synsepalum Dulcificum 3126 Page Crossed out 3127 Chamaedorea sp. 3128 San Juan ? Areca triandra 3129 Persia Americana seed 3130, 3132, 3135 Artocarpus incisa 3131 Acradelpha vindis 3133 Tecoma sp. 3134 Juglans Mollis 3136 Chamaedorea sp. 3137 Buctris horrida 3138 Sicana odorifera 3139 Inside Back Cover

Persea Americana, March 3140 Persea Americana, Aug. 3141 Persea Americana, Aug. 3142 Persea schiedeana, the “Coyo” 3146, 3143 Acradelpha viridis 3144 Climbing liliaceoris Bomarea 3145 Epidendrum sp. 3147 Chamaedorea sp. 3148 Quercus skinneri 3149 Persea schiediana canyon climber 3150

In pencil on inside back cover: These names of Jocotes were written by ? Pachino in the palace before the revolution. Retinos, ? A Jocotes. (? country)Spondias lutea, yellow High land Spondias purpurea (Jocotes corona) red fruit ciruelas Spondias Yobo yellow ??? Spondias microcarpa yellow and little Lowland Spondias spi (Comapa)

[Collection books for September-December 1944 Guatemala and Yucatan]

3101 - 3150 Begin Guatemala Collecting Trip Sept 16 to Nov.24, 1944

3101 Annona cherimola A very large fruit weighing a pound or more with coarse protuberances making it look a bit like the “Ilama” Annona diversifolia. I can’t say what quality it may have had for it had been attacked by the Chalcid and was filled with dark decayed spots. From Market Guatemala City. Sept 16, 1944. See Photo Sept.18. Cherimola Large Photo Sept 18. Guatemala City.

3102 Spondias sp. ? A small greenish-yellow fruit of good but not superlative quality – not comparable with the Antigua varieties of Spondias but probably they will grow better in our limestone dryer soils. Perhaps they may make a good stock for these finer flavored high altitude species since they come from sea level & from the soil of Yucatan that resembles our S. Florida soil closely. Coll. Sept. 15, 1944 Merida Yucatan

3103 Annona cherimola Seeds from a fruit from a tree in the Casa Popenoe garden at Antigua, 1553 meters altitude. Its color when ripe was brown and rather unattractive but its flavor was good with not so much grittiness. It may prove a good grower & fruiter. Sept 21-44. Annona cherimola from Casa Popenoe Garden in Antigua. Sept.21-44.

3104 (in ink) Passiflora ligularis. Passiflora sp. probably laurifolia. Its hard shelled fruit are over 2 inches long and oval, not round & smooth and a yellow orange in color. The seeds are so imbedded in the pulp that it is hard to separate them . One swallows the whole contents of the shell after cutting it open. It is hard to break the shell open. From the Market in Antigua Guat. Sept 21-44. Passiflora sp. Yellow fruit hard shell. Good flavor. Antigua Guat. Sept 21.44.

3105 Annona cherimola Small smooth fruit of usual shape no protuberances. Had turned ugly brown color, quality good. Market in Guatemala City Sept 16, 1944. Annona cherimola Usual form, small size, no protuberances. Guatemala City. Sept 16, 44.

3106 Sometimes called “Coral Vine” Vitis sp. A remarkable large leaved species that climbs to the top of a pine tree in the grounds of the hotel of Sig. Chamiro de Samoya in Antigua, Guatemala. Its flowers are small but of a brilliant red color and borne on large horizontal racemes that stand out picturesquely from the dark foliage & make a most striking sight. 1944 The leaves are thick [???????] like those of the Vitis voinieriana. Where it came from I do not know. It is not native here. Sept. 24 – 44. Vitis sp. Red flowered ornamental species that will make a great show on the pergola at the garden in Sept. Antigua, Guatemala 7/24/44

3107 Hufelandia anay. Blake “Anay” of Guatemala. This relative of the Avocado was first collected by Wilson Popenoe in 1916 and given S.P.I. No. 43432. He got seeds of it and sent them in but they later died. Because of its possibility for breeding purposes Mrs. Fairchild and I came here to Mazatenango, Guatemala to get more seeds. We found the fruits had all fallen & the big seeds been riddled by wormy molds. The same trees Wilson saw in 1916 were standing in the Sig.Antonio Rameriz R. “Finca Candelaria” near the entrance. Hey are giant trees with dark bright red bark that flexes off. No low branches. Old tree 50 yrs. Old. Leaves hairy. I saw only one small cluster of very delicate small flowers borne on a sprout at base. ( See alcohol specimen). It is located in a rainy region (100 inch rainfall) at low level in volcanic soil. Should prefer an acid soil & require irrigation August & Sept. and its fruiting season. Fruits sweetish with its thin meat.

3108 (in ink) = Chincuya Annona purpurea The “Soncoya” of Guatemala. A very large fruit (around 3 pounds) covered with course recurved spines resembling those on Sour Sop & fruit round brown in color when ripe. Pulp of a bright yellow color & filled with fibers like the Sour Sop. Flavor of this overripe fruit I have before me is sour & not very attractive but fruit is overripe & has a slimy consistency. It may cross with the Sour Sop however and produce a new fruit. From Tierra Caliente of Guatemala. High rainfall & altitude, high temperature. I imagine it is quite tender & will need cold protection. Bought on market of Escuintla, Guatemala Sept 29-1944. Altitude 500 feet or so. See Ph. 43426 for Popenoe’s description of a fruit he got in 1916 from this same locality. 3109 Wild Annona Annona sp. A small fruited species called by native woman on roadside “Simarona”. Found at 18 kilometers from Antigua on road to Escuintla. Alt. 4200 ft. near the Finca Candelaria. Tree 30 ft. bark rough grey, leaves alternate 2 ½ to 4 in. long, oblong, [Just at the moment an earthquake shook my chair in the yard of Cora Popenoe 10:50 Oct. 2. 44.] pointed at both ends with ½ in petiole growing on upper side and twisted. Edges of leaf [entire], apex pointed (not mucronate). Midribs slightly pubescent. Scattered hairs fine light colored [?????] under surface. Bark dark gray, many lenticels. Fruit small ¼ in. across. Round protuberances not sharp but compose this whole fruit surface. Light yellow-green when ripe. There were 20 dark seeds packed in the fruit with a thin layer of pearly white rather mildly acid flesh about them. Each seed has a white tip. Its stem end reminded me of A. senegalensis (My crossbred seed in Kampong). This seed coat parchment like, mottled & with striate like scratches.

3110 Spondias sp. “Cocotes” Red plum-like fruits that are irregular in shape and oval but with fine protuberances at tip. Equal distance apart like points of a crown. Skin bright red and orange or greenish yellow on others. 1 ¾ in. X 1 ¼ in. Skin thin easily peeled. Flesh juicy fine rich flavor, not much of it because their seed is so large and covered with bumps. No hooks on seed as on many Spondias seeds. Popular fruit in September. Here comes earlier than the”Ciruelas”, another species of Spondias. This may need to be worked on the Merida species (3102). From Escuintla 500 ft. alt. Quatemala. Sept.29. 44

3111 Crataegus sp. A red fruited hawthorn I think this is but cannot give its name now. Common on the market in Escuintla in low country but may be high altitude fruit. Fruit shape of small apple about 1 in. across. Contains 8 seeds that are winged and fit together in a kind of a cove. Flavor sprightly resembling a mealy apple but not bad eating out of hand. Escuintla Market, Guatemala Sept. 29, 1944 (2 drawings at bottom of page)

3112 See next page mistake

3113 Sedum edule “Perulers” This is the delicate small fruited variety grown in the Conistalu town on the slopes of Volcan de Agua at Santa Maria de Jesus. 7000 feet alt. It is much more delicate than the larger fruited ‘Guisquiles In fact delicious as prepared by Maria Garcia in Casa Popenoe, Antigua, Guat. Sept. 25, 44

3314 Acradelpha viridis. The “Injerto” from market in Antigua. A fruit with 2 large seeds and flesh of pink or pale red color somewhat more juicy perhaps than Lucuma mammosa. It is oblong but has a point at its lower end. Reminds me of the Lucuma mammosa in flavor & I am not yet fond of it but might become so. The seeds had sprouted in the fruit, use care in planting. Brought by Julia Garcia from market. Needs plenty of moisture. Hardiness?

3315 Spondias sp. Small yellow variety of Cocote from the Antigua market. It may grow better than the larger sort & prove good as a stock. Flavor good but not much flesh. Sept 25-44

3316 (In ink) S. purpurea? Spondias sp. “Cocote” Largish fruit of good quality. Market, Antigua Sept. 25-1944

3317 Spondias sp. “Cocote” Large fine fruited variety I suppose from seedling. I have not heard of any being grafted here. These Cocotes are an earlier fruit than the larger “Ciruelas”. (also a Spondias) that ripens in October. Color red & yellow [???????] attractive. Antigua market. Sept 26, 1944.

3318 Theobroma bicolor The “Pataxte”. A large fruit with most interesting shell ¼ in. thick. Sculptured into deep retiiculations like the panes of a gothic window. Would make object of interest on any table. Inside is filled with large flat seeds surrounded by a sweetish rather strange, slightly [??????] tasting yellow stringy flesh. The one I have just cracked open. I do not like like the flavor of. I suspect its seeds are roasted or used in some other way. I know O. F. Cook wrote this up once in one of his bulletins. Fruit 6 in. X 4 in. Weighs 2 lbs. Found on Market in Esquintla. Not a common fruit there. Sept 29, 44. Odor of plant reminds us of Jak Fruit Artocarpus integrifolia

3319 Sapote sp. “Sunsa” I shall get the scientific name later. Tall forest tree that bears fruit resembling a rough potato or a gnarled mammay apple greenish brown in color and curiously unattractive looking. It seems to be grown around Mazatenango in Fincas for its fruit. The flavor is acid but the only fruit I have tasted was not in good condition. Flesh fibrous yellow. Tree handsome with dark foliage. Esquintla, Guatemala Market Sept 29, 44

3320 Psidium molle, A wild guava from the “Montanita” on the road from the Escuela Agricola Panamericana to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The low bushy plant not over 4 ft. tall had large broad oval leaves 4 in. long. Thick and leathery pubescent on both surfaces. Young fruit was borne on pedicels ¾ in. long from axils of leaves. Nearly every leaf having a fruit. Fruit lemon yellow 1 to 1 ½ in. across juicy with a delicate strawberry aroma that was very pleasant. This might prove good for breeding purposes. Altitude about 5000 feet in forest of Pinus oocarpa. Rainfall moderate. Oct 13, 1944. Prof. Valero found this & can identify later.

3321 Fan palm with leaves 2 ft. across & heavily pubescent on veins. Petiole spiny glossy green leaves. Fruit ¾ in. long by ½ in. thick. Not uniform, ribbed shape one sided brownish green, not pretty. Seed peculiar in having inside a large cavity at end of which is embryo at base thus (drawing of seed). (In ink) Seeds all immature Low growing palm 8 – 10 ft. high. From barranca by side of road from Escuela Panamericana to Tegucigalpa. I could not get down to it but Prof. Valero of the school did. Other students collected it. He will determine it. Oct.13,1944.

3122 Capsicum annuum? A very small fruited red pepper which is so hot that cooks are almost afraid to use it. I am told that the birds find it too hot also and leave it alone. From market in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Oct. 18, 1944.

3123 Atalantia citroides From a tree in Laucetilla Ex. Station of U. Fruit Co. near Tela, Honduras. I missed the S.P.I. number of this but can get it from Mr. Permar % United Fruit Co. Tela who keeps the records of the S.P.I. planted at the Station. It is a tree 12 or so feet high. Fruits are sweet but have little flesh and are round and ½ to ¾ inch in diameter and light orange or yellow in color. If Swingle wants these seeds I can get fresh ones for him from J. H. Permar, U. Fruit Co. Tela (Laucetilla) Honduras

3124 Areca sp. Unlabeled species in the Lancetille Exp. Sta. near Tela, Honduras. It is a full cluster palm with very beautiful large red fruits rivalling in beauty those of Merrill’s Adonidia. The records of this palm have been lost. It stands near the Zalacca palm in the Palm Collection and Mr. J.H. Permar of United Fruit Co. at Tele, Honduras can send more seeds later. Coll. Oct. 15, 1944 Palm 20 ft. tall and with half dozen fine stems. D.F.

3125 Areca sp. An unnamed palm in Lancetille Collection near Tela, Honduras. A very handsome feather palm with striking bright green leaf sheathes 2 feet long & shinny green. The trunks were about 3 in. through and the leaf sheathes were thicker in diameter than the trunk. The fruits I understand are red. These fruits I picked up on the ground. They may be too old. I understand this to be one of the palms sent by the S. P. I. years ago. Mr. J.H. Permar may be able to identify it. Write him care U. Fruit Co, Tela, Honduras. Oct.15, 44

3126 Line drawn through entire page.

3127 (changed to 3126) Synsepalum dulcificum The Miraculous fruit. I gathered these seeds from a good sized tree that grew from seed I sent in 1924 from the Cameroon, W. Africa. This species has done very well in the Lancetille Experiment Gardens near Tela, Honduras. A supply of seeds can be had here. I presume yhis is one of the oldest specimens in Central America. Oct 15, 44. For a record of reintroduction S. P. I. No.______back up in inventory. See “Exploring for Plants” p.512. I ate these fruits but didn’t test their ability to turn sour things sweet.

3127 (original page) Entire page crossed out with word Mistake.

3128 Chamaedorea sp. This is a strikingly beautiful palm when in fruit. Its fruit cluster has brilliant dark red stems and shiny black fruits produced up under the leaves. These latter are short with broad pinnae. It resembles the true Pacaya palm but is a more vigorous plant & its fruits of a more striking color. As a patio palm it should be a great success. The fruits are crowded on the stems. It is a cluster palm. See photos taken Nov.5, 1944 in patio of ruined Church of San Juan Obispo, Antigua, Guatemala. Graham Fairchild posing. Seeds collected Oct. 17, 44.

3129 Areca triandra Pretty erect, small single palm with beautiful red fruits and drooping pinnate leaves. Collected from handsome specimen in the Lancetilla Experiment Station near Tela, Honduras. Oct. 15-1944. Determination by Mr. Permar, J.H. of Lancetilla Station.

3130 Persea americana Avocado, A small fruit 3 in. round with long stem and small and green, turning to black later perhaps. Smooth and slightly irregular on surface. Rather thin shell. Flesh greenish and of good flavor. I think a late ripening sort. Tree simply loaded down with fruit, very productive. Stands in Finca belonging to Mr. Carrett, mgr of the Pan American Hotel in Great Antigua, Nov, 7th, 1944. D.F.

3131 Artocarpus incises “Bread Nut” the seeds of which are eaten. The fruit flesh is not palatable. This is said to be hardier than the Bread Fruit tree. A very handsome ornamental tree with immense leaves. For trial in Coconut Grove to see if it is really hardier than the seedless Bread Fruit. From tree near Mr. Heigles, H.T. Cerrup house at Tiquisate (Tierra Caliente) Guatemala. Oct. 28, 1944.

3132 Persea americana Avocado Small sized fruit with rather thick shell & small seed & good flavor. From market in Guatemala City. Brought in from the surrounding mountains somewhere. May yield a good small variety midseason. I did not see the tree. Oct. 19, 1944.

3133 Acradelpha virdis Injerto from market in Antigua. Seeds may have dried out too much. This fruit is not common now on Market. I fear its season is over. See 3114 for previous collection. Coll Oct. 19, 1944

3134 Tecoma sp. Large yellow flowers. Small tree very showy when in bloom. Side of road to San Juan Obispo near Antigua, Guatemala. I cannot determine this species here. Oct. 5, 1944

3135 Persea Americana A tiny oval to oblong fruit with thin shiny skin. Seed rather large but flesh delicate flavor. Mexican type of fruit. From 500 ft. alt. Market of Antigua. Nov.12, 1944 For breeding experiment only. 3136 Juglans mollis? Tall straight tree 1 ½ ft. in diameter bearing large quantities of smallish almost round nuts. The outer skins are smooth & with many light spots on them. Although the kernel has a good flavor there is little of it and the boys under the tree had not picked them up. Collected from tree in front of the church of San Pedro, Antigua, Guatemala or nearby. Nov. 10th 1944. This would make a fine timber tree if planted as a forest tree. Compare seed with the seeds in the collection in Washington.

3137 Chamaedorea sp. “Capuco” palm that resembles the Pacaya palm but has courser inflorescences with red stems and black fruits. It is used very often in tubs and patios because of its cluster habit & graceful foliage. Ideal as a patio palm. From Finca Javea, Antigua, Guatemala. Nov.8, 1944. I sent in this palm in 1941 under name Capuco I believe. D.F.

3138 Bactris horrida The “Wiscoyol” of Guatemalans whose scenty sweet flesh is eaten by the children. Its flavor is sweet but not very good. These fruits were bought on the market in Antigua. I only saw them offered once. A spiny palm that inhabits the mangrove swamps of the coast of Guatemala. Said to be very common and horribly spiny. Nov. 1944

3139 Sicana odorifera Cucurbit fruit long & slender & having a fragrant odor. Flesh yellow & somewhat stringy but is used for preserves & called Melocoton in the market here. A curiosity that will be interesting to amateurs. It was grown years ago in Florida but has disappeared from culture. Guatemala Market Nov. 3, 44.

3140 Persea americana A large variety which the owner calls “Pura Mantequilla” & says it is a large 3 in. fruit of purple color and buttery consistency that ripens in March. From the Finca of Chaja Coral property of Herminio Guzman at Tactic. The Tactic valley has a calcareous soil, alt. about 4600 feet. This tree stands near a stream and the soil is probably never very dry. Heavy rainfall. Probably an old tree with little good budwood. Fruits now are 2 ½ inches & hard & with smooth green skin. Nov. 17, 44 Persea americana March Morada = Purple Avocado ripening in March. Large size. Tactic

3141 Persea Americana Avocado that ripens in August. A small variety with smooth thick skin said to have a sweetish flavor and ripens in August. It is a very old tree – the shell of one only. It stands near the river bank in the Valley if Tactic, south of Coban in Guatemala. Near a bridge made of a log. Young fruits now are about 2 inches through & ovate & green. According to Herminio Guzman they have a sweet flavor that some of his friends do not like as well as they do that of No. 3140. The fact that this is a summer riprning avocado here is the reason for its introduction. My information is of course hearsay. This tree Guzman calls “de Mico”. He can send fruit by air later if necessary. The Finca is called the Chaja Coral & is owned by Mr. Guzman for their uncle. Nov. 17, 1944

3142 Persea Americana An early ripening Avocado said to ripen in August by Herminio Guzman whose family owns the Chaja-Coral. The fruit is small size, rough skinned and has a sweetish taste he says that some of his friends do not like so well. I have here an unripe fruit 2 ½ inches in diameter but he says it will not ripen until next August. The tree, a younger one than 3141 stands 100 feet away from it on the bank of a small stream that flows through the Tactic Valley. Alt.4600 feet. Climate rainy with a good deal of foggy weather. Soil limestone of hard flinty character. A zinc mine was found a few miles away so soil may have traces of zinc in it. Rather rough looking tree with little bud wood available because of stunted growth. No fertilizer used I think. Nov. 17, 1944 Near Coban, Guatemala

3143 Persea schiedeana The “Coyo” of Guatemala, relative of the Avocado. This Coyo tree grows to a large size. See photos taken Nov. 17. These seeds were gathered under a tree near the Rio Chichochoc beyond a broken down cement bridge on the Chipoc Finca in Coban, Guatemala. The season for the Coyo is over. None are on the market but these seeds. It is hoped will grow. I am very anxious to see this species growing in Florida where years ago on this fellows place a single tree once grew but produced no seeds. It represents a vigorous species growing to large size but with fruits that are sweetish & of large elongated shape. The soil where it grows is limestone soil and rather moist near the river which sometimes overflows. (See photos taken Nov.7) For breeding experiments and as possible stock. Coban Nov.7, 1944

3144 Acradelpha viridis “Injerto” A Sapotaceae. Magnificant tree 60 ft. tall common in valleys around Coban when its oval pointed greenish brown fruits are sold on the market. (See photos Nov. 17, 44) This is too early in the season but we found seedlings under a tree on Finca “Chipoc” near Coban, Guatemala and a few greenish fruit from which we took seeds. Soil is a limestone one & this tree ought to grow well. The flavor is finer I think than that of the Mamey Sapote but resembles it somewhat. For its beauty alone this tree deserves trial in Florida. Nov. 17. Coban 1944 3145 Bomarea? Climbing liliaceous plant – fls. thought to be pink speckled with dark [??????????] [???] heavy second growth along stream between Coban and Tactic Alta Verapaz, Guat. 11-17-44 (In ink) See photo 26392-12. Although we did not see the flowers in their open pods are extremely pretty and might make it a very decorative thing. We cannot determine the species with Rocha’s Botany. Nov. 17, 1944 See photo Nov. 18, 1944 of Graham holding the pods in his hand.

3146 Persea schiedeana The “Coyo” of Guatemala. A single seed found under a big tree 60 to 70 feet high on the hillside back of Coban by Graham Fairchild Nov. 19, 1944. There are trees of this unique fruit scattered in the valleys & along the lowlands of this region. They have been described by Wilson Popenoe and now that I see them I am more impressed than ever as to the possibilities of growing this tree in South Florida. The soil here is calcareous & has some zinc in it I believe. It deserves to be crossed with the Acocado which grows to immense size here & occurs mixed with it. Nov. 20-1944. Coban, Guatemala. Altitude only 1320 meters. Temperature around 85 maximum. Cool but never below 40 F.

3147 Epidendrum sp. A scandant herb occurring in sandy moist places around 2000 feet but will grow at sea level. Likes full sun. Produces masses of masses of orange to scarlet flowers. Flowers 1 to 1 ½ in. long. Spike very long. Extremely decorative. Collected by Graham Fairchild at Coban where it is abundant. Nov. 19, 1944

3148 Chamaedorea sp. One of the Pacaya palms of which the young ( Very young) inflorescence is eaten as a vegetable being fried in an egg batter or used as a salad. These are quite bitter unless cooked in several waters. A cluster palm of great charm. Its long slender racemes of black berries set far apart and with scarlet stems make it very showy. See photo p> 26390-12. for view of cluster in Chironax Finca, Coban alt. 1320 meters moist soil calcarous.

3149 15 lbs seed sent Nov. 22 to Loomis Quanity sent Butler in [??????????????????????] Quercus skinneri ? A giant acorn-bearing oak from a grove planted about 60 years ago in the Finca Chamax (spell?) in Coban, Guatemala. Probably by a man named Sappes. The oaks were 60 to 70 ft. tall and 3 ½ ft. through with leaves like those of the Chestnut oak deeply serrated margins. These oaks make a magnificent show. Their immense acorns being two inches in diameter and their crowns like those of a white oak . (See photos taken Nov.19th, 44) Their bark is light colored and rough and for 40 feet the trunks have no branches. The ground was covered deep with the brown leaves & hundreds of acorns. The soil is moist deep alluvial soil and the temperature cool 85 being highest shade temperature. Altitude 1320 meters. Acorns not good to eat. Thick shelled. Presented by Mrs. Geo. Koester, an enthusiastic gardener. Mrs. K. is in charge of the Finca. It belonged to a German-was taken over by the Government. Nov. 19, 1944

3150 Persea schiedeana The “Chucpte” of El Rancho Fincas, Guatemala. These scions taken by me from a young seedling which stands under an immature tree in the Finca of San Miguel, property of Joan R. Lopez across the bridge in San Agustin. Oscar, his son, took us to see it & we estimated from its trunk 4 ½ feet through that it was a century old. (See photo of Nov. 25, 44) It was void of fruit but Oscar assured us the fruits were a foot long with a long neck and he likes it better than he does the Aguacate even though it has some fiber. The location is a moist one. Irrigation water had been turned on it. I judge this has a good deal of lime in the soil. The Mamey Sapote trees were in fruit. Mr. Edward Haymaker (86 years old) went with me on foot from El Rancho 4 km. and says he will send us seeds of the Chucpte tree next summer. June-Aug. His address is El Rancho, Guat. I feel certain we must grow it & hybridize it if possible. Try these scions on avocado stock.