Glorious Green

Welcome to Avocado Season!  It only lasts a month so stay hungry.

The Lucians believe that if your avocado tree isn't fruiting, take a rock and place it at the first fork in the trunk.  Perhaps the stress of the weight will trick the tree into protecting its legacy by producing seeds.  Perhaps this activity just gives the farmer something to do in the face of unruly nature.

I wasn't particularly interested in the Lucian avocado when I first arrived on the island.  I'd found a friend in Hass and couldn't imagine any other variety would be worthy of the calories. However, when a tide of melon size fruit flooded the market for pennies a piece, I couldn't resist.

Inside the Agrofostree variety, the flesh is unbelievably creamy and rich. So fresh, the cool, green literally melts on your tongue.  I sure was surprised when the first avocado I brought home bloomed from green to scarlet in a few days at the kitchen window.