{"id":25884,"date":"2026-04-06T17:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?post_type=product&p=25884"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:45:34","slug":"farmers-box-of-pinkerton-and-carmen-avocados","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/product\/farmers-box-of-pinkerton-and-carmen-avocados\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers box of Pinkerton and Carmen avocados"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pinkerton originated about 1961 as a seedling on the property of John Pinkerton in Ventura.\u00a0<\/span>The fruit is more elongated compared to Hass. Pinkerton’s seed is very small, its skin remains green when ripe, and it takes longer than Hass to ripen — two to three weeks after harvest.<\/p>\n

Carmen avocados are very similar to Hass, as Carmen originated as a natural mutation found on a Hass tree in Mexico. The Carmen tree, however, has a different growing and flowering behavior. The tree is bushier, and in some locations it makes multiple crops per year.<\/p>\n

See my profile of the Pinkerton variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See my profile of the Carmen variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The avocados in the \u201cFarmers\u201d box aren\u2019t so pretty on the outside but will be delicious on the inside. They have excessive skin scars, sunburn marks, or are very small. Most will be perfect inside but some might have small portions that need to be cut out. These are the avocados that would not be attractive on a store shelf but are still totally worth eating. The farmer eats them.<\/p>\n

These Pinkerton and Carmen avocados were grown in Sola Gratia Grove in Redlands, San Bernardino County. The avocados were harvested by me and my son on Monday, April 6. I\u2019ll pack as many as I can into a box: 4-5 Pinkertons and 4-5 Carmens.<\/p>\n

Despite being a little ugly, these are clean avocados! None of the trees from which these avocados were harvested have ever been sprayed with anything.<\/p>\n

Shipping is on Tuesday, April 7, arriving to you a few days after that.<\/p>\n

Shipping is included in the price for any California location. (Add $5 for other states.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[150],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25884","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-avocados","8":"first","9":"outofstock","10":"purchasable","11":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nFarmers box of Pinkerton and Carmen avocados - Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardening<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/product\/farmers-box-of-pinkerton-and-carmen-avocados\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farmers box of Pinkerton and Carmen avocados - Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardening\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The avocados in the \u201cFarmers\u201d box aren\u2019t so pretty on the outside but will be delicious on the inside. 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