Fruit set of hand pollinated flowers by direct contact of thestigma with the anthers (2%) was higher than that obtained whenthe pollen was applied on the stigma using a paintbrush (0.9%)although the differences between both methods of pollen applica-tion were not statistically significant (2= 3.024, df = 1, P = 0.082),probably due to the very low number of fruits relative to the num-ber of flowers in avocado.