Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Long, Round, Fuerte, Pollock, Peradeniya, Purple Hybrid, Shambaganur ,Trapp, TKD-1, Linda, Puyevla ,Gott-Froid, Waldin varieties are grown in India. Join Facebook to connect with Pandu Venna Pandu and others you may know. Intolerant to saline conditions and optimum range of pH is from 5 to 7.ĭepending on the race (Guatemalan, Mexican and West Indian ) and varieties ( especially root stock variations ) hybrid cross varieties avocados can thrive and perform well in climatic conditions ranging from true tropical to warmer parts of the temperate zone. Avocados cannot tolerate northern India’s hot dry winds and frosts, typically grown in tropical or semitropical areas with rainfall in summer and humid, subtropical rainfall areas. In India, avocado is grown in those areas where rainfall is high and fairly distributed throughout the year. Later on these trees were removed but lots of seedlings were planted in Bangalore and parts of Karnataka and Kerala. Post World War 2 Government of Mysore opened a research station for non-citrus fruits at Hessaraghatta, Bangalore and about 150 avocado seedlings of different species were introduced in the research station. This is the reason than more than a dozen varieties of Avocado grown in many parts of this region and hill stations like Kallar near Nilgris, Palni, Kodaikanal, Yercaud, Coorg, etc.Įven there was a small avocado orchard in the Maharaja’s Palace at Bangalore and in the bungalows of a few Britishers during that period.

Īmerican missionaries who came for periodical stays in India during 19 brought a few seedlings occasionally of their choice of avocado varieties from their home countries. Join Facebook to connect with Venna Pandu and others you may know.

Īvocado was introduced by an American missionary, residing in Bangalore between the years 19 was from Royal Botanical Gardens,Ceylon. On account of its close resemblance to butter and identical lack of any taste it is named as 'Butter Fruit.

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