Reed avocado high-density grove

Reed avocado high-density grove

In 2018, I first visited this grove of Reed avocados. The trees had been planted ten feet apart. In avocado-world parlance, they call that “high density” planting. Traditional tree spacing is more like twenty feet apart. But then the farmer further added a...
What’s a “Jumbo Hass” avocado?

What’s a “Jumbo Hass” avocado?

I found this display in a Sprouts market in San Diego County last week. Such displays selling “Jumbo Hass” avocados can be found in many grocery stores in California during August and September. What’s a “Jumbo Hass?” Is it a really big...
GEM avocado tree next to Bacon has most fruit

GEM avocado tree next to Bacon has most fruit

I was touring a grove in Ventura County that had some large GEM avocado trees and many of them had respectable crops, but then I came to one whose branches were cascades of new fruit. The other two people I was with also stopped in their tracks to admire the amount of...
The Sharwil avocado tree: a profile

The Sharwil avocado tree: a profile

Sharwil is Australia’s most important contribution to the world of avocados. It’s an exquisite fruit that has impressed all from the start. In 1961, Stanley Shepard, a leader of the California avocado industry, visited the continent down under and reported: “The...
Interview with John Schoustra

Interview with John Schoustra

John Schoustra’s experience growing plants is broad. Just his current ventures look like this: he operates Greenwood Daylily Gardens alongside his wife, growing and breeding daylillies, irises, and more; he is the Orchard Manager of Apricot Lane Farms,...
Feral avocado tree in San Juan Capistrano

Feral avocado tree in San Juan Capistrano

Avocado trees are not supposed to be able to grow on their own in Southern California. Here our rainfall is far less, and our rainfall pattern is completely opposite, compared to where avocados grow wild. In most of Southern California, we average 10-16 inches of rain...

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