{"id":21384,"date":"2024-08-30T18:55:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T01:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=21384"},"modified":"2024-08-31T10:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T17:35:58","slug":"avocado-trees-as-efficient-factories-with-mary-lu-arpaia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/avocado-trees-as-efficient-factories-with-mary-lu-arpaia\/","title":{"rendered":"Avocado trees as &#8220;efficient factories,&#8221; with Mary Lu Arpaia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Farmers and home growers don&#8217;t always want the same qualities in an avocado tree. But both value efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A farmer wants to get many pounds of avocados out of a given area of land. 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