... me too believe so Gurcharan ji. Many thanks for putting up the photos. Regards. Dinesh
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
