A Fruit of the 



HE avocado is the 

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nost valuable fruit grown, 

 t yet appreciated by 

 of the 'United States, 



will be better understood and believed as the 

 development of the industry progresses and as 

 the opportunity is given to become familiar 

 with it. It is so understood and valued in the American tropics, 

 where it has been grown as a staple food product for centuries. 



It is quite unique in being not only a most valuable article of 

 diet, taking the place of other less delicious vegetable products 

 or meat, but is one of the most delicious and satisfying of vegeta- 

 ble foods. A fair sized avocado will make~a substantial and appe- 

 tizing meal for one person. It is most '.:asily digested, whole- 

 some, of high nutritive value, and a builder of blood, bone and 

 muscle. 



Six avocado trees on the home grounds, of varieties to ripen 

 their fruits at different periods and cover the twelve months of 

 the year, will do more to sustain a family and help solve the high 

 cost of living than any other six trees that can be grown. 



As the commercial production is provided for by extensive 

 orchard planting, the avocado will be placed on the markets of 

 the entire country and become a staple article of diet for millions 

 of people. 



The many ways in which it can be prepared for eating, 

 the delicious, appetizing character of the fruit, and the oil con- 

 tent which makes it a perfect substitute for meat, are the quali- 

 ties which make it unrivalled and place it in a class by itself. 



The avocado is not confined to the tropics, but is found in 

 the high and frosty parts of Mexico, where it reaches perfection 

 a- well as in the hottest countries. 



There is no doubt that in the establishing of avocado orch- 

 ards, and the production of good varieties of it, lies a very rich 

 field for our intelligent orchard man. J. M. Goulding. 



THE MOST VALUABLE FRUIT ON THE AMERICAN 

 MARKET. Egbert Norman Reasoner. 



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