1.0Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardeninghttps://gregalder.com/yardpostsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="E1GE4KplW0"><a href="https://gregalder.com/yardposts/nimlioh-avocado-a-profile/">Nimlioh avocado: a profile</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gregalder.com/yardposts/nimlioh-avocado-a-profile/embed/#?secret=E1GE4KplW0" width="600" height="338" title="“Nimlioh avocado: a profile” — Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardening" data-secret="E1GE4KplW0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://gregalder.com/yardposts/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://gregalder.com/yardposts/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nimlioh-thumbnail.png1460821In 1916, not long after graduating from Pasadena High School, Wilson Popenoe headed south to explore the highlands of Guatemala on horseback for avocados to bring back to growers in California. He rode over three thousand miles, he tasted a thousand different avocados, and he ultimately selected two dozen varieties. Number 17 he gave the […]