Avocado Botanical Art

Avocado
Persea americana

Avocado Botanical Art

The alluring avocado recipes hot and cold; a collection of recipes using the avocado

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The alluring avocado recipes hot and cold; a collection of recipes using the avocado. 1966.

The King of Salad Fruits

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The King of Salad Fruits
Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, 1935

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Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]

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Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]

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Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]
Edwards’s Botanical Register, 1829

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Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]
Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles, 1821

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Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]
Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis, 1846

Avocado, Trade cards from the "Fruits" series (E51), for Hershey Chocolate Company, ca. 1905

Avocado, Trade cards from the "Fruits" series (E51), for Hershey Chocolate Company, ca. 1905

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Avocado, Trade cards from the "Fruits" series, for Hershey Chocolate Company, ca. 1905

Avocado

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Still life, Gerard Stolk, Delft

Remarks on the palta or avocado Pear

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Remarks on the palta or avocado Pear
The Hawaiian forester and agriculturist, 1904

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Fig. ¹ "The alluring avocado recipes hot and cold; a collection of recipes using the avocado." Internet Archives, 1966, archive.org/details/alluringavocador00hick?q=avocado. Accessed 2 May 2020.
Fig. ²"The King of Salad Fruits." Armstrong Nurseries, Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, 1935, Internet Archives, archive.org/details/armstrongnurseri1935arms/mode/2up. Accessed 2 May 2020.
Fig. ³ Curtis, W. "Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]." Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 77 [ser. 3, vol. 7]: t. 4580, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1851, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 26 Dec. 2014.
Fig. ⁴"Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]." Flora Brasiliensis, Martius, C., Eichler, A.G., Urban, I., vol. 5(2): t. 105. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1851, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 26 Dec. 2014.
Fig. ⁵Lindley, J. "Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]." Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 15: t. 1258, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1829, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 26 Dec. 2014.
Fig. ⁶ Descourtilz, J. T. "Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]" Flore médicale des Antilles, Descourtilz, M.E., vol. 8: t. 579. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A. 1821, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 27 Dec. 2014.
Fig. ⁷ Govindoo. "Persea americana Miller [as Persea gratissima Gaertner f.]." Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, Wight, R., vol. 5(2): t. 1823. Illustration contributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A. 1846, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org.Accessed 26 Dec. 2014.
Fig. ⁸"Avocado, Trade cards from the "Fruits" series (E51), for Hershey Chocolate Company." Metropolitan Museum of Art, c. 1905, www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435410. Accessed 2 May 2020.
Fig. ⁹Stolk, Gerald. "Avocado." Flickr, 15 March 2020, (CC BY-NC 2.0), www.flickr.com/photos/gerardstolk/49662661443/. Accessed 2 May 2020.
Fig. ¹⁰ "Remarks on the palta or avocado Pear." The Hawaiian forester and agriculturist, 1904, Hawaii. Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Flickr, www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14594827290/. Accessed 2 May 2020.

Published 27 Dec. 2014 LR. Last update 2 May 2020 LR