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THE AVOCADO IN FLORIDA. 



GRADING AND SIZING. 



With the avocado, as with all other fancy fruits, it is necessary to 

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



Fig. G.— Longitudinal sections of round avocados. West Indian-Soutli American varieties (about one- 

 half natural diameter i: A. seed rilling the cavity; B, fruit from another tree of better quality, but 

 seed loose in the cavity. 



A. . B. 



Fig. 7.— Longitudinal .sections of oblong avocados, West Indian-Soutli American varieties (about one- 

 half natural diameter): A, small seed, loose in large cavity; B, large seed, loose in the cavity. 



size. (See figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9.) A few small ones in a crate of otherwise 

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



