On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:57:40 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> however,
> Jack managed to coax an avocado pip into producing roots/shoots, so
> maybe we'll have some avos in 7 or 8 years

I have a little avocado tree I started from the pit about two and a half
years ago. It's a pretty little tree.

Tara