. The avocado in Florida : its propagation, cultivation, and marketing. Lauraceae; Botany. 16 THE AVOCADO IN FLOKIDA. THE SEED BED. Seed may be obtained in large quantities during the ripening /reason from southern Florida, Cuba, and other places in the Antillean region. At the present time good seeds cost from li" to 2 cents each. These prices seem somewhat high, but every seed is nearly certain to make a seedling. The seed bed should be made in some moist locality, in soil free from rocks and containing an abundance of vegetable matter. The rows may be made such distances apart as will
. The avocado in Florida : its propagation, cultivation, and marketing. Lauraceae; Botany. 16 THE AVOCADO IN FLOKIDA. THE SEED BED. Seed may be obtained in large quantities during the ripening /reason from southern Florida, Cuba, and other places in the Antillean region. At the present time good seeds cost from li" to 2 cents each. These prices seem somewhat high, but every seed is nearly certain to make a seedling. The seed bed should be made in some moist locality, in soil free from rocks and containing an abundance of vegetable matter. The rows may be made such distances apart as will suit convenience—from 1 to -i feet. Place the seeds from i to 6 inches apart in a drill 3 or inches deep; firm the soil about the seed and cover 2 or 3 inches deep. Supply a heav}^ cover of mulch. As soon as the seedlings (see lig. 1) appear above ground, fertilizer ma}^ be applied. The mulch should be turned back, the fertilizer raked in or cultivated in, and the mulch replaced. If the seedlings are to be removed to the nursery soon, fertilizing and cultivating may be omitted. Removal to the nursery may be deferred until seasonable weather. THE NUKSERY. For starting a nursery the best land should be selected, especially such as is fairly dry though never suffering from drought. Land that is subject to flooding should b}^ all means be avoided. While the trees are able to live in standing water for two or three weeks, they become sub- ject to attack by various forms of disease. When practicable, a gen- erous application of fertilizer should be made two or three Aveeks before the trees are set out. It should be scattered down the row and raked in, in the usual way. The land should be thoroughly grubbed and put into a ffrst-class state of Fig. 1.—Seedling avocado in December from seed planted in September (somewhat slow in starting, but otherwise apparently nor- mal): (a) First shoot to start; (5) second shoot starting from the axil of the incipient leaf; (c) thi
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