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Photos show how to grow plants from avocado and pineapple tops.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Apr 1972 (v.50#4) pg. D32 (178+)

How to grow an avocado house plant.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Apr 1977 (v.8#3) pg. 29

How to carve faces in avocado seeds.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS May 1980 (v.11#4) pg. 6

House plants that can be grown from fruit seeds. Growing tips for avocado tree, citrus trees, coffee bush, date palm, fig tree, grape vine, guava bush, kiwi vine, mango plant and tamarind tree.
HARROWSMITH #70 Nov-Dec 1986 (v.11#4) pg. 19

Tips on raising houseplants from seeds, pits and tops of such fruit as pineapple, avocado, dwarf Mandarin orange, and Golden Dorset apple.
HOMEOWNER Oct 1986 (v.11#8) pg. 14

How to raise an avocado plant from a pit.
HOMEOWNERS HOW TO Jan-Feb 1978 (v.3#1) pg. 10

Technique for sprouting an avocado seed in a pot of soil.
ORGANIC GARDENING Mar-Apr 1999 (v.46#2) pg. 66

How to grow avocados successfully. Tips on selecting the right variety, planting the tree, watering, fertilizing and harvesting.
SUNSET Mar 1985 (v.174#3) pg. 118

Common problems with an avocado tree and what to do about them.
SUNSET Mar 1985 (v.174#3) pg. 232

Tips on harvesting avocados and other tall-tree fruits. Includes a homemade fruit picker.
SUNSET Apr 1986 (v.176#4) pg. 262

Tip: How to start an avocado seed.
WORKBASKET Feb 1989 (v.54#4) pg. 10

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