Avocado trees blanketed the hillsides of ACA Groves ... many of them dense with branches weighed down by that quintessential California fruit. The serene San Diego County property felt far from ...

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 ...

whose family-owned nursery has supplied avocado trees to California growers for 70 years. “Right now we are sold out essentially for this year,” Brokaw said. “And we're mostly sold out for ...

In Southern California’s Ventura County, many growers have shifted to avocados since lemon prices were walloped by cheaper imports from Argentina. As recently planted trees start bearing fruit in a ...