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Papaya culture in Florida.

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Date Issued:
1928
Abstract/Description:
The papaya plantings are indeed very attractive. Quick production and good yields and availability are among its advantages. It can be safely grown in the Florida Keys, Palm Beach, and Brandenton in the West Coast. This paper describes the benefits of applying scientific methods to growing papayas focused on breeding better varieties, marketing, and the control of the papaya fruit fly.
Title: Papaya culture in Florida.
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Name(s): Petersen, J.
Florida Dept. of Agriculture.
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: <1928>
Date Issued: 1928
Date Issued: 1928
Publisher: State of Florida, Dept. of Agriculture
Place of Publication:
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language(s): eng
Abstract/Description: The papaya plantings are indeed very attractive. Quick production and good yields and availability are among its advantages. It can be safely grown in the Florida Keys, Palm Beach, and Brandenton in the West Coast. This paper describes the benefits of applying scientific methods to growing papayas focused on breeding better varieties, marketing, and the control of the papaya fruit fly.
Table of Contents: Soils -- Fertilizers -- Propagation -- Seed bed -- Planting -- In the papaya orchard -- Pests and diseases -- Yield and market -- Papain -- Uses -- Papaya as food -- Medicinal and other uses.
Target Audience: general
Identifier: UF00003036 (iid), 49778718 (oclc), AAA3477 QF, 979824 (digitool), uf:105380 (fedora)
Note(s): by J. Petersen.
Title from cover.
"October 1928"
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project, 2001. Mode of Access: World Wide. System Requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced from Collection in George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida.
Subject(s): Papaya -- Florida
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00003036.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00003036.jpg
Host Institution: UF
Other Format:
(OCoLC)28521407
Is Part of Series: Bulletin (Florida. Dept. of Agriculture) ; no. 4.