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Having had many years experience in both localities Mr. Bliss is well qualified 

 to speak on the subject. 



More recently than Mr. Bliss' plantation^ considerably larger acreages of the 

 avocado have been planted on the east coast, and planting is going on as rapidly as 

 the budded trees can be supplied. As a considerable quantity of the fruit is now 

 produced each year and shipped to northern markets, the Florida growers have 

 learned a number of things regarding packing and shipping which will be of 

 value to Californians. 



Figure 59. A two year old head of the Trapp variety, top worked on an old seedling 



tree, at Sherman, California. 



Mr. Joseph L. Hickson, of Miami, who grows the avocado extensively, writes 

 under date of July 5, 191 Ij, as follows: "We have never been able to supply our 

 demands except for the varieties that mature in mid season (last half of August 

 and first half of September). We are therefore growing and propagating more 

 early and late varieties. Family and Trapp, respectively. 



