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"We have customers who place season orders with us for all the fruit we 

 have at $6 per case, f. o. b. Miami, which price we are very well satisfied with. 



"We pack according to size, sometimes only 18 fruits to the case, but usually 

 36, 45 or 48. Our fruit went to all the eastern markets and to Chicago and Cin- 

 cinnati. 



"The propagation of the avocado is done exclusively by budding now, with a 

 success equal to 95 per cent. 



Figure 61. One of the first avocados planted in California, being one of three trees 

 brought from Mexico and planted at Santa Barbara by the late Judge Ord in 1870. 

 (Photo from Dr. Franceschi). 



"This section of the state is extending its planting very considerably. Per- 

 sonally we believe there is more money to be made on the finer varieties of avocado 

 and mango than there is with either oranges or grapefruit. The avocado does not 

 require nearly so much care and attention, and so far is practically free from all 

 insect pests, nor does it require the amount of fertilizer that a citrus tree does. 



"The budded trees come into bearing the second or third year from the bud 

 and in heavy bearing the fourth year. The budded trees show a tendency to be 

 dwarfed." 



From Mr. E. N. Reasoner, of the Royal Palm Nurseries, Oneco, I have the 

 following under date of June 30, 191 1 : "The avocado is being planted extensively 



