This week our SoCal Garden Clinic turns to problematic avocado trees: Question from reader Steven Klein of Malibu: In November 2011, I planted a 3-gallon Lamb Hass avocado tree on a slope with ...

Other avocado varieties were more popular when Hass and Brokaw started their push. In fact, they had trouble marketing the fruit because consumers were initially turned off by its bumpy, black skin.

Did you know the most popular avocado ... fruit. In 1935 he patented the Hass Avocado Tree but made less than $5,000 during the life of the 17-year patent because growers would buy one tree ...

The Luna can both cross-pollinate with Hass avocado trees and has marketable fruit. I f the two types are planted together in a field, Focht said, growers wouldn’t lose that 10% to 11% of the crop.

Place your avocado plant in a spot where it will get about 4 hours of direct sunlight, and a few more of indirect, shaded light. And throughout the day, make sure to keep a check on the soil ...

In 1925, Rudolph Hass (rhymes with pass) was 33 years old and earning 25 cents an hour as a mail carrier in Pasadena. Originally from Wisconsin, he had decided to come West to seek his fortune.

A new kind of avocado — created by UC Riverside researchers — may be appearing in grocery stores in coming years.. The Luna UCR avocado will soon be marketed to growers worldwide, though it ...