. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ourth better, the fiftha delight and after thatthe difhcultyof learnuigto like them usuallygives place to that ofgetting them oftenenough. The avocado isadai)ted to a wide rangeof soils. It demandsgood drainage andplenty of organic mat-ter. The trees do wellin th(> southern coa-st district of California and in various sections ofFlorida. The geographic limits of successful avocado culture are atpresent undetermined. The avocado responds to ju<licious applications of fertilizers. Thetexture and flavor jus well as
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ourth better, the fiftha delight and after thatthe difhcultyof learnuigto like them usuallygives place to that ofgetting them oftenenough. The avocado isadai)ted to a wide rangeof soils. It demandsgood drainage andplenty of organic mat-ter. The trees do wellin th(> southern coa-st district of California and in various sections ofFlorida. The geographic limits of successful avocado culture are atpresent undetermined. The avocado responds to ju<licious applications of fertilizers. Thetexture and flavor jus well as the yield of fruit are improved by fertilizers.^AC(^ssive amounts of nitrogen should be avoided. The trees are propagated from the seeds. These nuist be fresh, su*they soon lose their vitality when ex|)osed to the air. It has been a com-mon practice to produce bearing trees from the seedlings without 8ee<I should be planted in the .soil either in iM»ts, in mirsery rows or in « Courtesy of Univcniity of California, College of .\griculturc. Berkeley, C«L. TiiK T.\hT Avocado Fhiit. MISCELLANEOUS TROPICAL FRUITS 165 permanent position in the orchard. They should be planted so that theupper portion of the seed protrudes slightly above the surface of the results are usually obtained by planting in pots and transferring theseedlings to the field when they are of the proper size. When the trees are not to be grafted the seed should be selected withmuch care, only the largest seeds from trees that produce the best qualityof fruit being used. Even this care will not insure a uniform good qualityin the new orchard. Like all seedlings, they seldom come true to the parentstock. Best results are, therefore, obtained by propagating through some
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