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LinkedInAvocado in Southern California - 1911
In 1911, the avocado was a relatively new crop in Southern California and the great USDA plant explorer Wilson Popenoe (pronounced POP e Noe according to Jack Shepherd), describes avocado culture and its problems
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137628#page/31/mode/thumb
This is from the first volume ever of the Pomona Journal of Economic Botany which also has a nice description of "wither tip" of citrus in Santa Paula.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137628#page/5/mode/1up
Cover Avocado in Southern California - Wilson Popenoe
I'm not sure we've found a tastier avocado than Fuerte in the last 100 years.
Thanks for sharing this, Ben.
Posted by Greg Alder on October 19, 2018 at 3:33 PM