Picked these from my grandma's fruit garden... any avocado lovers here?

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Gorgeous!

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My parents had a condo in Florida with a huge avocado tree on the property. The avocados were the size of footballs! No exaggeration. They were huge and tasted like butter. So good! I heard they had to cut the tree down years ago. I’ve never had anything close to that quality again. I’m jealous, OP! :wink:

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@Mal
As big as a football? That’s impressive, OMG!

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Tamsin said:
@Mal
As big as a football? That’s impressive, OMG!

They were huge! I’ve never seen one that big before or after!

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This is amazing! Congrats on the avocados and your grandma. :slight_smile:

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These are GORGEOUS!!! The fruit is all even in color, they look perfect to eat. The variety I have leaves it ‘grainy’ where the flesh meets the skin. I wish mine were like this. :sob: :heart:

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Denali said:
Location… country?

I’m in Kenya

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Interestingly, I grew up around avocado trees. They don’t ripen on the tree.

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Jesse said:
Interestingly, I grew up around avocado trees. They don’t ripen on the tree.

It depends on the species

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I’m so jealous! I’ve planted many avocado trees, but they always got thrips and stuff… :disappointed:

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Florida avocado?

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Marin said:
Florida avocado?

Avocados, yes. Florida, no. I’m in Kenya.

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These look like they came from a bacon seed. White thin flesh, big seed. Looks great.

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Westley said:
These look like they came from a bacon seed. White thin flesh, big seed. Looks great.

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@Ashby
My sister would pick it up and say ‘waste not want not.’ :joy:

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Fruit garden? Do you mean… orchard?

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Lennon said:
Fruit garden? Do you mean… orchard?

Wrong in two ways:

  1. Fruit-bearing trees can be part of a larger fruit garden because…

  2. Not all fruit grows on trees.

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Riley said:

Lennon said:
Fruit garden? Do you mean… orchard?

Wrong in two ways:

  1. Fruit-bearing trees can be part of a larger fruit garden because…

  2. Not all fruit grows on trees.

Even if there were only trees, calling it a ‘fruit garden’ isn’t wrong. It’s just an unusual term at worst.

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Zev said:

Lennon said:
Fruit garden? Do you mean… orchard?

Avocados are berries. Do you call a blueberry patch a blueberry orchard? Tomato orchard???

Berries are a type of fruit, so I’m not sure what that has to do with this.

But OP can call it whatever they want, garden or orchard, it’s all good.

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They come from trees, you know. They grow in orchards.