sentences:  The Spinks avocado fruit was shown to be more resistant to freezing than other avocados.It also proved to be the second-longest-lasting in storage out of the ten varieties tested.Considered "famous" by 1918, the Duarte-based Spinks avocado orchards were contracted to supply seedlings in 1919 for the palace of Xu Shichang, President of China (before communism), and other prestigious gardens in Asia.