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THE CUBA REVIEW 



AGRICULTURAL MATTERS 



THE AVOCADO, AGUACATE OR 

 ALLIGATOR PEAR 



There is no new fruit that is coining 

 into prominence more rapidly or with 

 greater assurance of becoming the basis of 

 a profitable industry than the avocado. To 

 many this delicious fruit is still unknown, 

 but its reputation is being more widely 

 established each year and it is not im- 

 probable that in a few years it will become 

 as well known in the fresh-fruit market 

 as the grapefruit or the pineapple. Its 

 unique character reduces to a minimum its 

 competition with other fruits, while its 

 rich, not-like flavor is almost universally 

 enjoyed among those who have known it 

 long enough to become familiar with its 

 peculiar charm. It is a fruit and yet so 

 unlike other fruits as to suggest a class 

 of its own, and for this reason it has been 

 called a "salad fruit." But this term seems 

 too limiting, because it is used in so many 

 other ways. 



The demand for the avocado has always 

 kept in advance of the supply in the few 

 American cities where this fruit has been 



placed, as evidenced by the high prices 

 paid for it, ranging usually from 20 to .50 

 cents each at retail. Although the markets 

 are at present limited, there does not seem 

 to be any immediate danger of overpro- 

 duction. 



Tile fruit has many names, such as mid- 

 shipman's butter, butter pear, vegetable 

 marrow, palta, aguacate and alligator pear. 

 The name "avocado" has now been adopted 

 and has the sanction of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, the American 

 Pomological Society and other horticul- 

 tural organizations. 



It is not a dry land plant and its cul- 

 tivation should not be attempted for profit 

 on any lands which are not supplied with 

 a generous rainfall or which cannot be 

 brought under irrigation. 



High winds are decidedly inimical to 

 the tree. The wood is brittle and is liable 

 to be broken by winds. The flowers also 

 are destroyed by severe winds, and the 

 fruit, which hangs from pendulous branches 

 and fruit stems, is easily blown about, 

 bruised, or broken from the tree. For this 

 reason, commercial culture should not be 



Hardy, Productive — All that a 

 Commercial Orange Should be 



The Lue Gini Gong Orange is Ijolli hardy and piodiu- 

 tive. liut it is much more than that; it is hitc, a splendid 

 shipper and keeper, commanding high prices in all markets. 



It is the best all-the-year-round orange we know; 

 i7 will hang on the trees for nionllis or even years after 

 ripening, retaining its fine qualili/ all the while. We are 

 aljsolutely convinced that it is the Le.^t late orange ever 

 introdviced in Florida, and have purchased all selling rights. 



Lue Gim Gong trees continue lilooming and hcaiing 

 even when the ripe fruit is allowed to hang. On account 

 of its splendid shipping and keeping qualities, and its 

 lateness, it brings a higher price — 50 to 80 per cent, more 

 than others. Yon should start growing 



THE LUE GIM GONG ORANGE 



this year. We are setting out extensive groves of our own 

 to it, and advise our friends to do the same. We have 

 done the experimenting — we have jiroved Luc Gim Gong 

 a highly worthy orange. 



NEW CATALOGUE FREE 



C.iti-us fruits, deciduous fruits, nuts, shade trees :ind 

 evergreens, shrubs, vines and rose.s — things that we have 

 proved valuable in our own trial grounds. We are 

 nnrserymen and fruit growers exclnsivelg. If you are 

 going to do some planting this year, we will send you 

 this fine new book free. 



GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES CO. 

 Rambler Avenue, Glen St. Mary, Florida 



