Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji, Your pictures are very much like the ones uploaded by Mr. Valke Ji Regards Yazdy.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Here are mine from California to compare. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dinesh Valke ji, >> It does look like Avocado. There are differences between the leaves in >> my garden though as well as the (I do not know what you call it), the >> stem on which the fruit hangs. They are much longer in the pictures >> sent by you, at the same time the leaves in your pictures look quite >> pointed at the end. I have gone through the pictures on Wikipedia and >> the pictures there do look like in your pictures. To me it is Avocado. >> Regards. >> Yazdy. >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Dear friends, >> > >> > When my eyes met the glossy fruit, it reminded me of two IDs >> > simultaneously: >> > Yazdi ji and Avocado !!!! >> > >> > Seen at Kodagu Valley Resort ... a moderate sized sturdy tree ... 30 MAR >> > 11. >> > If not mistaking, the plant could be Persea americana ... if else, ID >> > please. >> > >> > >> > At http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/avocado_ars.html by Morton, >> > J. >> > 1987. Avocado. p. 91–102. In: Fruits of warm climates. Julia F. Morton, >> > Miami, FL. states: >> > ... avocado can be classified as: >> > A) P. americana Mill. var. americana (P. gratissima Gaertn.), West >> > Indian >> > Avocado; >> > B) P. americana Mill. var. drymifolia Blake (P. drymifolia Schlecht. & >> > Cham.), the Mexican Avocado; >> > C) P. nubigena var. guatemalensis L. Wms., the Guatemalan Avocado. >> > >> > Besides ID, would like to know the variety of the posted plant ... am >> > sure, >> > Yazdi ji will be able to throw some light on species and varieties of >> > Avocado in and around Kerala. >> > >> > >> > Regards. >> > Dinesh >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
