. Collected papers on tropical fruits in California. 12 Pomona College: Journal of Economic Botany that the Mexican varieties are caught, but as the crop is practically certain to be lost, if a very heavy frost occurs during the blooming season, the only safe way will be to plant late blooming varieties. The tree requires about the same irrigation as the orange. Insufficient irrigation will result in small fruit. In selecting varieties for planting on a commercial scale, there are a number of points which should be kept in mind. Fruits which ripen during midwinter will command the highest pric
. Collected papers on tropical fruits in California. 12 Pomona College: Journal of Economic Botany that the Mexican varieties are caught, but as the crop is practically certain to be lost, if a very heavy frost occurs during the blooming season, the only safe way will be to plant late blooming varieties. The tree requires about the same irrigation as the orange. Insufficient irrigation will result in small fruit. In selecting varieties for planting on a commercial scale, there are a number of points which should be kept in mind. Fruits which ripen during midwinter will command the highest prices in the markets, and there will probably be the greatest demand for avocados at this season of the year. As. Figure 5. At left a Mexican seedling Avocado, eighteen mcnths ironi seed; at ri£ht a budded tree of the South American type, three years the bud and grown in California. to size of fruit, there is no advantage in having the very largest. While a two pound avocado is a regal fruit, for practical purposes one of half that size is better. Quality should be one of the most important factors in choosmg a commercial fruit, and other desirable points are prolificness, a smooth, thick and leathery skin which will stand shipment, good keeping qualities, and a small seed, completely filling the cavity, as a loose seed pounds the walls in transit, causing early decay. We must, however, have still smaller varieties for cheaper trade, and summer varieties for local consumption, and we already have a good assortment of varieties to choose from for these Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Popenoe, Wilson, 1892-1975. [S. l. : s. n. ]
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