. The avocado in Florida : its propagation, cultivation, and marketing. Lauraceae; Botany. IG THE AVOCADO IN FLORIDAo THE SEED BED. Seed may be obtained in large quantities during the ripening- ^^eason from southern Florida, Culja. and other places, in the Antillean region. At the present time good seeds cost from H to 2 cents each. These prices seem somewhat high, but every seed is nearly certain to make a seedlino-. The seed bed should be made in some moist localit}^, in soil free from rocks and containing an abundance of vegetable matter. The rows may be made such distances apart as will su
. The avocado in Florida : its propagation, cultivation, and marketing. Lauraceae; Botany. IG THE AVOCADO IN FLORIDAo THE SEED BED. Seed may be obtained in large quantities during the ripening- ^^eason from southern Florida, Culja. and other places, in the Antillean region. At the present time good seeds cost from H to 2 cents each. These prices seem somewhat high, but every seed is nearly certain to make a seedlino-. The seed bed should be made in some moist localit}^, 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 4 feet. Place the seeds from 4 to 6 inches apart in a drill 3 or inches deep; hrm the soil about the seed and cover 2 or 3 inches deep. Supph^ a heav}^ cover of mulch. As soon as the seedlings (see lig. 1) appear above grouiid, fertilizer ma}' be applied. The mulch should 1)e 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 ma}^ be omitted. Removal to the nursery mav be deferred until seasonable weather. THE NUKSEKY. For starting a nursery the best land should be selected, especiallj^ such as is fairly dry though nev(U' suffering from drought. Land that is subject to flooding should by all means be avoided. AVhile the trees are able to live in standing water for two or three weeks, tliey become su).)- ject to attack \)\ Aariuus forms of disease. When practicable, a gen- erous application of fertilizer should be made two or three weeks 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 first-class state of Fig. 1.—Seedling avocado in December from seed planted in September (somewhat t^Xow in starting, but otherwise apparently nor- mal): (a) First shoot to start: (h) st'coml shoot starting from the axil of the iiicii)i('nt leaf
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