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THE AVOCADO IN FLORIDA. 



GRADINO AND SIZING, 



With the a^'ocado, as with all other fancy fruits, it is necessary to 

 exercise care to have all the specimens in a crate of uniform shape and 



A. 



B. 



Fig — Longitudinal sections of rounil avooados. West Indian-Soulh American varieties (about one- 

 half natural diameter): A, seed tillinf,' the cavity; 15, fruit I'roni another tree of lietter (|uality, Imt 

 seed loose in the cavity. 



A. 



B, 



Fig. 7.— Longitudinal sections of olilons avocados, West Indiaii-Soutli American varieties (aboutone- 

 half nat\iral liiameter) : A. small seed, loose in larye cavity; B, l,irf,'e seed, loose in the cavity. 



size. (See ligs. 6, 7, S, and 9.) A few small ones in a crate of otherwise 

 large fruits will cause a greater loss to the seller than would have heen 



