Avocado as a diminutive in Australian English, a clipped form, "avo", has since become a common colloquialism in South Africa and the United Kingdom. It is known as "butter fruit" in parts of India and goes by the name "bơ" [ɓɘː] in Vietnamese, which is the same word that is used for butter. In eastern China, it is known as "è lí" ("alligator pear") or "niú yóu guǒ" ("butter fruit"). In Taiwan, it is known as "luò lí" or "cheese pear". The subtropical species needs a climate without frost and with little wind. High winds reduce the humidity, dehydrate the flowers,
Endicott Pear Tree author of "The Pears of New York"—a 1921 monograph belonging to a series of publications on fruits, "all of which have become classic references on the fruit cultivars of the period"—confirmed that the Endicott Pear Tree had not been grafted, as was suggested in an 1837 article about the tree in "Mr. Hovey's Magazine". A 1919 account of the Endicott Pear Tree by James Raymond Simmons, author of "The Historic Trees of Massachusetts", describes the tree as follows: The Endicott Pear Tree was damaged by a hurricane once more in 1934. In the 1940s, The National Grange of the Order