Lots of avocados...

Submitted by Doug on 21 March, 2008 - 16:46.
Lots of avocados...

all the avocados you want...20 meters up in the tree

( categories: )

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Doug

Submitted by nicaus on 22 March, 2008 - 00:18.

You made my wife laugh!!! good job!

Nicaus

and that...

Submitted by Doug on 22 March, 2008 - 02:22.

puts a smile on my face,

glad to be of service

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

I'm sorry, but are you sure

Submitted by charliedawson on 21 March, 2008 - 21:35.

I'm sorry, but are you sure you mean avocados? They are much larger, and don't grow so high up. The tree looks more like jocotes.

no need to be sorry...

Submitted by Doug on 21 March, 2008 - 22:44.

any help is greatly appreciated.

I am trying to learn as much as I can since I know squat about tropical fruit. I haven't climbed up there and picked one, but the ground under the tree gets tons of ripe avocados all over... ;)

They are about the size of a Hass,about 20-25% seed, dark green and bumpy, not like the big smooth skinned ones. The previous owner said it was over 100 years old, I doubt this one has ever been trimmed.

I did a little research, ;

"It is estimated that there are between 500 and 1000 varieties, but all are believed to have come from three basic types: Guatemalan, Mexican, and West Indian. Guatemalan fruits are large, with warty skins; while Mexican ones can be both small and large. The smooth-skinned ones come from the West Indies. Size varies from the mini or cocktail avocados, which grow to the size of plums to others which attain weights of over four pounds."

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006040413853

When I get back down there, I'll post a picture of one.

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

Doug

Submitted by BlackEagle on 22 March, 2008 - 05:00.

Try to get yourself a copy of Margeret Barwick's Tropical and Subtropical Trees-too large to carry around in the field but a great reference book around the house and farm.I bought mine on Amazon

thanks, I love Amazon...

Submitted by Doug on 22 March, 2008 - 09:40.

that is a big book;

Tropical and Subtropical Trees

to quote the great one; "and Away We Go"...

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate