<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:21:01 +0000 (UTC),
> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>>Something like 20,000 acres of avocado trees have burned up.
>>
>>Steve
>
> Kiss California avocados goodbye, y'all. Last year was a freeze (or
> something) that decimated the crop, now it's fire. I love a good
> farmer's sob story. Plant a pit or two in your back yard if you want
> avocados in the future. Think guacomole!
>
Most Haas/Hass avocados I see now are from Chile.
Not as good as California's, but better than the ones from Florida.
But then again, that's just me -- my first avocado was a California avocado
from a friend's tree.
I was brought a sack full -- but didn't 'fully' appreciate them at the time.
Dee Dee