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Show AVOCADO TO BE TABLEDELICACY Native West Indian Fruit Rich in Food nValues Being Cultivated Culti-vated in California. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31. The delicacy tho avocado, better known as the alligator pear, stranger to all but a few tables In the United States owing ow-ing to its high cost, may, in the near future take its place In the American homo with the apple, the pear and the peach. . Backed and encouraged by the University Uni-versity of California, fruit growers of Southern California have begun the cultivation of this edible on a commercial commer-cial scale. A vast amount of planting of new groves is going on and the prospects are, that in a short time, the California markets will be well supplied sup-plied with it. Rich In Food Values According to the experts of the College Col-lege of Agriculture of the University of California, there is no fruit which can compare with the avocado in the richness of its food value. , Not only does it contain twenty per cent of fat. but also it is rich in various mineral substances useful as a constituent of a man's diet. It is a native of tho West Indies nnd its shape Is not unlike that of the ordinary -Bartlett pear which it ex ceeds in size In color, It is a deep green. It contains one large pit To eat it, tho pear Is cut in half and the pit' removed. It Is then eaten out of the skin with a spoon after the manner man-ner of a muskmelon. While many do not flavor it in order to preserve the delicate taste of the avocado, others use the French salad dressing. The Individual tree is capable of rich productiveness and it is believed that eventually the production of the avocado will become one of tho impor-tan impor-tan food resources of California. |