CONTENTS, 



Page 



Introduction ^ 



The name avocado 1^ 



Literature ^1 



Distribution and time of blooming 13 



The avocado for wind-breaks and shade trees 15 



Methods of starting an orchard 15 



The seed bed 16 



The nursery 1" 



Cultivation in the nursery 17 



Budding 1 ' 



Grafting 1^ 



Transplanting to the field 19 



Top-working trees 1" 



Cultivation 20 



Fertilizers 20 



Superiority of budded trees 21 



Variation of fruit from seedling trees 21 



Description of variations - 22 



Marketing 23 



Picking 23 



Grading and sizing 24 



Packing 25 



The fruit 27 



The edible portion 27 



Seed and seed cavity 28 



Shape of the tree 28 



Forms and varieties 28 



The JNIexican avocado 29 



The West Indian-South American avocado -^ - 30 



The ideal avocado 31 



Uses of the fruit 31 



Diseases 32 



Leaf disease - - 32 



Remedy - 32 



Fruit disease 33 



Remedy 33 



Summary 33 



Description of plates 36 



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