Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 794
ht inches in circumference. An-other peculiar feature about it is that it beganbearing when only three years old, as the avo-cado seldom bears before the age of eight or tenyears. The fruit is the shape of a very largepear. It has a very dark green skin and containsone large seed, while the meat is… … THE MOST VALUABLE TREE IN THE WORLD. consistency. The tree bore 3865 pears this year,which sold from six to eight dollars a dozen. In order to save his tree from ruin in satisfy-ing bud-wood purchasers, the owner has raised
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