PositiveThe Wall Street JournalTrenchant ... Enlightening ... The standout among an overflowing cast of characters is Wilson Popenoe (1892-1975), the first and perhaps most influential world expert on Persea americana ... Green Gold is a labor of love but not a triumph of clear organization. Sheer enrapturement with their subject often leads Mss. Allaback and Parsons into digression, repetition or both. On the other hand, they deliver the goods, and then some. They have dug deep to produce a solid, minutely documented, multifaceted and challenging work that amply rewards close reading and rereading. For years to come it’s likely to be the go-to source for both scholars and lay readers seriously interested in exploring root, branch, blossom and fruit of the avocado story.
