During the December 1990 freeze, when the temperature dipped to 17 degrees at 10 p.m. and stayed there past dawn, a small 'Hass' avocado tree on Lester's ridgetop compound was lost and the bigger ...

Avocados are delicious on toast and can be an edible asset in your garden. So, which type of avocado tree grows best depending on where you live?

Buds of the various Mexican varieties were grafted into small avocado seedlings in Altadena. Two years later, in 1913, there was an unprecedented freeze in Southern California.

The Biden administration ending a USDA inspection program for Mexican avocados following cartel violence could affect US avocado growers if weevils infest farms, experts warn.

Mexican environmental inspectors said Wednesday they had found about 7½ acres of illegal avocado plantations in the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds west of Mexico City.

The trick is to figure out what type of avocado tree you have. Mexican avocados, such as Bacon, Duke, and Mexicola, are somewhat cold-hardy and will tolerate hot, dry summers.

Mexican officials estimate that avocado production spurred the clearance of 2,900 to 24,700 acres of forests per year ... Avocado trees consume four to five times more water than Michoacán ...

California avocado growers feared Mexican imports would harm their trade. Instead business is booming On a hillside northwest of Los Angeles, Andreas Tompros is replanting hundreds of avocado trees ...

The types of avocado trees range widely in size, between 5-8 feet wide and 5-65 feet in height, though most top off at 40 feet in Florida. It is classified as a medium-sized evergreen tree ...