. The avocado in California . shipped to Eastern or evento Middle Western markets will have to compete more or less withfruit from Florida and the West Indies, especially in the fall of theyear. Whether this competition can be met with avocados as success-fully as it is being met with citrus fruits remains to be seen. Evenshould it be found impracticable to pack and ship thin-skinned fruits 390 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION to Eastern markets and have them arrive in condition to sell in com-petition with hard-shelled fruits from Florida, such fruit should bein demand in the local
. The avocado in California . shipped to Eastern or evento Middle Western markets will have to compete more or less withfruit from Florida and the West Indies, especially in the fall of theyear. Whether this competition can be met with avocados as success-fully as it is being met with citrus fruits remains to be seen. Evenshould it be found impracticable to pack and ship thin-skinned fruits 390 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION to Eastern markets and have them arrive in condition to sell in com-petition with hard-shelled fruits from Florida, such fruit should bein demand in the local markets for some years to come. Estimates of profits to be derived from an avocado orchard shouldnot be based on the performances of large seedling trees, nor on theprices received for fruit in the past. The present price of from $4to $8 a dozen may not long be maintained when orchards now plantedcome into bearing and the fruit becomes more common, although highprices will probably be received for some years to come. In the. Fig. 5.—The Solano is a large, green-fruited avocado having a smallseed and a large amount of flesh of fair quality. Size of fruit, 5% byZ7/s inches. United States the avocado is a comparatively new and little knownfruit and experience in San Francisco has shown that it is easy tooverstock that market. INSECTS AND DISEASESThere are no serious pests of the avocado in California, althoughin other countries the tree and fruit are subject to the attacks ofseveral injurious insects and fungi. Shipments of avocado fruit intothis state from Hawaii are prohibited on account of the danger ofintroducing the Mediterranean fruit fly in the fruit. Shipments fromMexico are no longer made, since the seeds of Mexican avocados are Bulletin 254 THE AVOCADO IN CALIFORNIA 391 liable to be infested with the larva of a weevil which might becomeestablished here. Occasional shipments of one to two hundred cratesare being-made into California from the Island of Tahiti, where the
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