Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Guatemalan Avocado in Hawaii
Leaves. _the leaves of the Guatemalan race of avocados are a rich, dark green in color, oval, Oblong, or lanceolate in form, and from 3 to 10 inches in length. The upper surface is of deep green color and smooth, with depressed veins. The lower surface is glaucous or bluish-green colored, with raised veins which are slightly pubescent. Leaves of some varieties are thin and papery while those of others are thick and leathery. The crushed foliage of the Guate malan race has no anise -like Odor characteristic of the Mexican race of avocados and the new growth 15 usually of a deep bronze red, an occasional character of the new growth of the West Indian race.
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