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close to the negro cabin where the family 
washing is done, is now three times as 
large as any of the rest, all having had 
equal advantages of water and fertilizer, 
aside from the weekly wash water. 
Avocado planting on the flatwoods 
west of the coastal ridge is of course in its 
infancy, owing to the fact that little of it 
has been drained even four or five years, 
and little of that has been drained per¬ 
fectly for that length of time. However, 
it looks very promising, so far as we have 
seen, not only for Avocados, but citrus 
stock as well. There were 50 Avocado 
seedlings planted four miles west of here 
(Weot Palm Beach) about eight years 
ago. They were planted on ridges to 
keep them out of the water, and have 
been subjected to frequent inundations at 
intervals ever since. When about three 
years of age we had a 15-inch rainfall in 
24 hours about August 1st, and water 
stood within a foot of the top of the 
ridges for two weeks. This only killed 
four out of the original fifty, and the 
others are alive today, and as thrifty and 
productive as could be expected of trees 
that have never been properly fertilized 
or cared for. 
