How To Grow Avocado Plants — Care Of Homegrown Avocado Plants

The avocado (Persea americana) — please, never call them avocado pears! — is outstanding for its nutritional value, being rich in protein and minerals and having an extremely high oil content (the oil content is surpassed only by that of the olive).

The ripe avocado fruits vary in shape from large round to long pear-shaped and in color from light green to dark green, reddish-brown and almost black.

When ripe the flesh is creamy yellow to creamy green and has the consistency of butter. The handsome evergreen trees vary in shape and size as much as the fruits.

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How To Grow A Banana Tree — Banana Tree Care

The banana (Musa) is an interesting, valuable plant, differing from the other fruits in that it is an herbaceous perennial.

The true stem is a tuberous rhizome which grows underground.

The ‘trunk’ or portion above ground which carries the large ornamental leaves is a pseudostem.

The inflorescence develops at the base of the pseudostem and forces its way up until it shows at the top.

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