tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post1417579919448454811..comments2024-03-22T10:56:23.359+02:00Comments on Land and People: AvocatRami Zuraykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644937988631864952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-62627173066757871672008-02-26T03:53:00.000+02:002008-02-26T03:53:00.000+02:00so interesting that you posted this, rami. a stude...so interesting that you posted this, rami. a student informed me last night that she was reading some zionist material that stated the avocado and grapefruit were introduced to the region by yehud. any insight into the history of this fruit in the levant?Marcy Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583485376850871422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-23061023731050638402008-02-22T17:08:00.000+02:002008-02-22T17:08:00.000+02:00Avocado is suited to Lebanon's coastal climate, is...Avocado is suited to Lebanon's coastal climate, is it not? And it's not *that* hard to grow either, but what do I know.<BR/><BR/>Seems to me that this would be a good fruit tree for people's yards, adding calories and nutrition as well as beauty. From the Wikipedia entry I see that (like lemons) you can leave the fruit on the tree for a long while, picking fruit as needed to ripen off the branch.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado<BR/><BR/>I love avocados, and I miss them this year - there was a freeze in Cali. in 2006, so most of our avocado crop failed. We only have Chilean avocados in the store that I can see, and I don't buy Chilean produce unless I am blessed to be visiting Chile.Leila Abu-Sabahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161833022292457787noreply@blogger.com