Pinkerton and Carmen avocados for sale

Pinkerton and Carmen avocados for sale

Coming to you from the Laferriere grove in Redlands, San Bernardino County, are avocados of the refined Pinkerton variety as well as the Carmen variety. See here for ordering details. Pinkerton Pinkerton originated about 1961 as a seedling among trees of the Hass,...
Old California avocado grove tour

Old California avocado grove tour

Old avocado groves in California have been chainsawed and turned into houses throughout the past hundred years. I’m grateful that some are still standing. How does it feel, what do you see, and what do you hear inside one of these living museums? All of my Yard...
How late can Lamb avocados hang?

How late can Lamb avocados hang?

Lamb is a late-season avocado variety, meaning that its fruit isn’t ready for picking until the summer. I start picking my Lambs in July. But when does the season end? How long can mature Lamb avocados be stored on the tree? *In his article for the California...
Which avocado fruitlets should you remove?

Which avocado fruitlets should you remove?

At times an avocado tree will set more fruit than it can grow to maturity without negative consequences. The tree might be too small such that carrying much fruit will stunt its growth, or the fruitlets might be too numerous on a single branch such that it will bend...
Day avocado: a profile

Day avocado: a profile

Enjoy this video profile of an avocado variety that comes from Florida and is rarely grown in California. Here the fruit matures early, even earlier than Fuerte. In Israel, the Day variety has been found to be a good rootstock in some situations. I present the Day...
Avocados for sale, 2023

Avocados for sale, 2023

Thank you to everyone who ordered avocados in 2022. It was a joy to share with you different varieties and to connect you to the farmers throughout Southern California who grew them. For 2023, I’m predicting the following harvest schedule: January: Fuerte,...
Tools for pruning fruit trees

Tools for pruning fruit trees

My son and I were pruning our macadamia nut tree when his loppers couldn’t cut through a branch. I saw that they were undersized for the branch. “Don’t force it,” I said. “If it feels like you have to use a lot of strength, it means you...
Meet Frank Meyer, of the Meyer lemon

Meet Frank Meyer, of the Meyer lemon

I spotted this sign in a Starbucks the other day, featuring a coffee that is claimed to have Meyer lemon in its flavor profile, and I wondered how that would make Frank Meyer feel. Initially, he might shake his head because he clearly requested that no plant be named...
When to pick oranges and tangerines

When to pick oranges and tangerines

A friend asked me how to know when to pick the tangerines from his tree. My first thought was, it’s obvious, you pick them when they taste good. But then I remembered thatĀ for some people gardening is full of rights and wrongs; he was afraid there was a correct...

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