"Karen" > wrote in message
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On Feb 28, 9:20 am, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> Some people say they taste like soap. The best avocados come from
> California and are of the Haas variety and are tree ripened. The store
> bought never develop the best flavor because they are almost always picked
> when immature. We have trees that grow on public land here in SoCal and
> the
> locals have been known to wage wars to pick them. We had a huge tree at a
> local college that put out an incredible harvest but they finally cut it
> down because people were falling out of it at 3:00am trying to pick the
> topmost ones which are always the best.

If I had an avocado tree, I would never be in a bad mood.

I tried growing them when we lived in CA. Couldn't get it to grow and I
heard that it could take many years before it would produce.