. The Cuba review. 28 THE CUBA REVIEW AGRICULTURAL MATTERS THE AVOCADO, AGUACATE OR ALLIGATOR PEAR There is no new fruit that is coining into prominence more rapidly or with greater assurance of becoming the basis of a profitable industry than the avocado. To many this delicious fruit is still unknown, but its reputation is being more widely established each year and it is not im- probable that in a few years it will become as well known in the fresh-fruit market as the grapefruit or the pineapple. Its unique character reduces to a minimum its competition with other fruits, while its rich, not
. The Cuba review. 28 THE CUBA REVIEW AGRICULTURAL MATTERS THE AVOCADO, AGUACATE OR ALLIGATOR PEAR There is no new fruit that is coining into prominence more rapidly or with greater assurance of becoming the basis of a profitable industry than the avocado. To many this delicious fruit is still unknown, but its reputation is being more widely established each year and it is not im- probable that in a few years it will become as well known in the fresh-fruit market as the grapefruit or the pineapple. Its unique character reduces to a minimum its competition with other fruits, while its rich, not-like flavor is almost universally enjoyed among those who have known it long enough to become familiar with its peculiar charm. It is a fruit and yet so unlike other fruits as to suggest a class of its own, and for this reason it has been called a "salad ; But this term seems too limiting, because it is used in so many other ways. The demand for the avocado has always kept in advance of the supply in the few American cities where this fruit has been placed, as evidenced by the high prices paid for it, ranging usually from 20 to .50 cents each at retail. Although the markets are at present limited, there does not seem to be any immediate danger of overpro- duction. Tile fruit has many names, such as mid- shipman's butter, butter pear, vegetable marrow, palta, aguacate and alligator pear. The name "avocado" has now been adopted and has the sanction of the United States Department of Agriculture, the American Pomological Society and other horticul- tural organizations. It is not a dry land plant and its cul- tivation should not be attempted for profit on any lands which are not supplied with a generous rainfall or which cannot be brought under irrigation. High winds are decidedly inimical to the tree. The wood is brittle and is liable to be broken by winds. The flowers also are destroyed by severe winds, and the fruit, which hangs from pendulous branches
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