Edible South Florida

The Case for Florida Avocados

• Photo by Alfredo Añez

  Florida avocados

• Leaflet from Florida Avocado Growers Exchange, circa 1930; “It’s the Flavor” and “The Avocado is Not a Luxury” from the Isabelle Krome papers at the Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum

• Leaflet from Florida Avocado Growers Exchange, circa 1930; “It’s the Flavor” and “The Avocado is Not a Luxury” from the Isabelle Krome papers at the Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum

• From 1925 booklet published by Redland District Chamber of Commerce

• Women packing avocados in the Lucerne Packing House, Homestead. From the Florida Department of Commerce collection

• Redland District Chamber of Commerce logo