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...
Protecting fruit from birds

Protecting fruit from birds

My goal is to see birds as garden teammates — as they eat insects that can be pests, such as aphids — and not as enemies as they peck the fruit on my trees. As far as my experience goes, the best way to accomplish this is to prevent birds from access to...
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...
“Has this fruit tree been fertilized?”

“Has this fruit tree been fertilized?”

Let’s play a game called, “Has this fruit tree been fertilized?” I know all of these trees. Some are growing in my yard while others are growing elsewhere in Southern California, and I know how they’ve been cared for. Some have been consistently fertilized with...
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,...

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