CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introduction 9 



The name avocado 10 



Literature 11 



Distribution and time of blooming 13 



The avocado for wind-breaks and shade trees 15 



Methods of starting an orchard 15 



The seed bed 16 



The nursery 16 



Cultivation in the nursery 17 



Budding 17 



Grafting 18 



Transplanting to the field 19 



Top- working trees 19 



Cultivation ' 20 



Fertilizers 20 



Superiority of budded trees 21 



Variation of fruit from seedling trees 21 



Description of variations 22 



Marketing 23 



Picking 23 



Grading and sizing 24 



Packing 25 



The fruit 27 



The edible portion 27 



Seed and seed cavity 28 



Shape of the tree 28 



Forms and varieties 28 



The Mexican avocado 29 



The West Indian-South American avocado 30 



The ideal avocado 31 



Uses of the fruit 31 



Diseases 32 



Leaf disease 32 



Remedy 32 



Fruit disease 33 



Pvemedy 33 



Summary 33 



Description of plates 36 



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