Volume 2 Number 1 Article 6 Pages: 14-17
Year 1947 Month 3
Title: Avocado Varieties in Florida
Author: H.S. Wolfe
Citation
Abstract:
When the late George Cellon started
the first commercial propagation of the
avocado at Miami in 1900, there were
only seedlings of the West Indian race in Florida from which to select varieties.
Up until 1912 the situation remained essentially unchanged, and dozens of West
Indian seedlings were selected and propagated as varieties.
Most of these are only
of historical interest today, but the first
two varieties ever named, Trapp and Pollock, are still well known if no longer
popular for planting.
Trapp was the dominant
commercial variety for 30 years and
on the recommended list for 40 years–quite
a record in the avocado world.
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