Identification

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• Identification Cultivation

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San Diego California

• Fruits that they sell and grow
• Avocado
• Pomegranate
• Grape
• Kiwi Fruit
• Mango
• Guava
• Persimmon
• Macadamia Nut

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Avocado

• Plant in sunny and sheltered locations
• Sunburn can be a problem
• Cortez discovered in So. Mexico
• Fruit is pear shaped, pebbly skin
• Deep green to deep purple, black
• Meat is soft green

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Other facts

• Fruit will not ripen until removed from tree
• Rich soft buttery texture, high oil content
• Unsaturated fat so it is healthy
• Little pruning required

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• When to prune
• Branches dragging on the ground
• Remove any dead or dying wood
• Young plants pinched to keep in shape
• Need light feedings monthly
• Need iron to prevent chlorosis

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• Overwatering is most common cause of failure,
  weakens roots, allows root rot
• Every second or third watering, deeply irrigate
  to leach out salts

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varieties

• Anaheim
• Bacon
• Duke
• Fuerte
• Gwen
• Hass
• Holiday
• Mexicola
• Pinkerton
• Zutano

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Pomegranate

• Ruby of the Mediterranean
• Dates back to dawn of recorded time, Iran and
  India
• Mentioned in Old Testament
• Thirst quenching juice
• Treatment of leprosy

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• First record of fruit in New World was in Bermuda
  by Spanish settlers then brought to California in
  1769
• Plant in sunny location

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• Will tolerate some shade
• Excellent small tree or large shrub
• Can be used as screen or hedge
• Can withstand some cold temperatures, frost kills
  flowers
• Drought tolerate, grows to 15 feet

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• To eat from tree, deeply score the fruit, several
  times vertically then break apart.
• Clusters of the juice sacs can be lifted out of
  the rind and eaten
• Juicing cut in half and extract juice
• Additive for drinks, jelly, wine

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• Requires little pruning, except to shape, control
  height, remove dead branches
• Fertilize monthly, add iron to prevent chlorosis,
  distribute fertilizer evenly under drip line
• Overwatering is biggest problem

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varieties

• Wonderful
• White
• Utah Sweet
• Ambrosia
• Dwarf Pomegranate

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Kiwi Fruit

• Native to China
• Brought to New Zealand in 1962
• Now commercially grown in CA
• First specimens collected and dried by RHS in
  1847
• 1900 first seeds to London

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cultural

• No strong winds
• Need support
• 2-3 strands of wire or trellis
• One male to 5 female vines
• Need good bee count
• Needs to stay under control as growing
• Summer pruning to single leader, with fruiting
  arms

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cultural

• Shoots arising from summer pruning will not bear
  fruit until next season
• Harvest in November after leaves have fallen
• Pick carefully, break stem close to fruit,
  leaving little or no stem

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pruning

• Summertime to minimize useless vines, weigh down
  supporting structures
• Wintertime pruning keeping the center of vine
  open for sunlight, thinning fruit
• Flowers and fruit produced on current seasons
  growth

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fertilizing

• Regular feedings monthly with hibiscus food
• Add iron to prevent leaf chlorosis
• Evenly distribute fertilizer

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watering

• Kept evenly moist throughout growing season
• Do not dry out at all
• Leach for salts
• 2 inch layer of mulch to retain moisture

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varieties

• Tomuri
• Vincent
• Hayward

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Mango

• Native to Southern Asia, India, and Burma
• Highly prized fruit
• Buddhist monks took them to Malaya in 4 and 5 BC
• 10th AD Portuguese carried them to Brazil and
  1782 reached Jamaica

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culture

• Taste like peaches, very juicy, and flavorful,
  stone fruit with a large flat seed in the middle
• Plant in sunny location, from strong winds, south
  facing wall or paved areas for maximum heat, kept
  moist, good drainage

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culture

• Subject to frost damage easily
• Small branches can be killed, but will regenerate
  next year

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Preparing the fruit

• Always wash thoroughly
• Cutting the mango, cut to the stone, two halves
  twisted in opposite directions to free stone
• Appetizer, dessert, jams, jellies, syrups, juice,
  nectar, marmalades, in breads or cookies baked,
  or ice cream

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prune

• Only to remove old branches
• Frost damaged branches
• Help stimulate branching
• Sap can cause dermatitis
• Feed with hibiscus fertilizer
• Iron, Sulfur, Potassium, and Magnesium needed

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watering

• Poor drainage is common cause of failure
• Kept moist, but do not allow watering standing
• Leach for salts

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varieties

• Glenn
• Valencia
• Manila

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Guava

• Native to South Mexico
• Can be found growing in every country lying
  between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
• Growing wild in Hawaii, arrived there in 1800s

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fruit

• 2-4 inches in diameter
• Flesh can be white, pink or red
• Soft and creamy when ripe
• Strong aromatic musky fragrance
• Shallow rooted tree, 12 feet tall

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tree

• Open and spreading in growth habit
• Smooth bark that is mottled greenish or reddish
  brown
• Plant in sunny, sheltered from wind, kept moist,
  and good drainage
• Subject to frost damage, regenerate

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As food

• Eaten fresh, from tree or sliced as a dessert or
  in salads
• Cooking will eliminate fragrance, overpowering to
  some people
• Jams, jellies, syrups, juice, nectar,
• Bottled and sold in Caribbean region
• Chutney, marmalade, relish, ice cream and
  puddings

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prune

• Eliminate suckers
• Remove old branches
• Remove frost damaged foliage
• Fertilize with hibiscus fertilizer
• Add iron, sulfur, potassium, mangesium

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watering

• Poor drainage is common cause
• Root rot
• Kept moist
• No standing water
• Leach for salts

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varieties

• Strawberry guava
• Yellow Strawberry
• Giant Vietnamese
• Allahabari
• White Philippine

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Persimmon

• Native to China
• 2000 varieties
• Spread to Korea and Japan
• First ones arrived in CA in 1800s
• Two groups, astringent (sour) very ripe, and
  nonastringent, not ripe
• Trees very ornamental, fall color, showy fruit,
  attractive structure

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cultural

• Sunny location
• Tolerate some shade
• Good as lawn specimens
• Can withstand some cold temperatures, frost kills
  flowers

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harvest

• Astringent persimmons when fully colored but
  still hard, when soft, birds attack them
• Astringent will ripen at room temperature
• Nonastringent, fully colored, best flavor when
  soften slightly after picking
• Cutting with pruning shears to pick, handle
  carefully

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prune

• Requires little or no pruning
• Remove diseased branches
• Shape the tree
• Control the height

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feed

• With stone citrus and fruit tree feed
• Apply iron to prevent chlorosis
• Evenly distribute food under drip line

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watering

• Overwatering is common cause of plant failure
• Root rot
• Leach for salts

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varieties

• Hachiya
• Fuyu
• Izu
• Giant Fuyu

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Macadamia Nut

• Named in honor of Dr. John Macadam, Australian
  physician
• Taken to Hawaii by a storm
• Number One of ag. exports from there, first came
  in 1800s
• Used as an ornamental and reforestation projects

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culture

• 1948- Ag Station named several varieties
• Led to modern industry
• First came to CA in 1880
• Two trees planted at UC Berkeley
• Plant in sun, sheltered
• Extremely hot climates, afternoon shade is good
• No high salt content in soil is best

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culture

• Choose the variety for your climate-frost
  tolerance
• Mature nuts fall to ground in late fall to spring
• Do not shake tree
• Dehusk nuts immediately and allow 2-3 weeks to
  dry in protected place

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culture

• Store in airtight jars in a cool area or in
  freezer
• When pruning, shape tree into single main branch,
  and several horizontal branches
• Should look like a symmetrical elongated ball

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fertilizer

• Slow growers
• Avoid heavy applications of nitrogen
• Feed citrus and fruit tree fertilizer
• Add iron to prevent chlorosis
• Evenly distribute fertilizer
• Do not overwater, root rot
• Leach for salts

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Varieties

• Beaumont new leaves are reddish, flowers bright
  pink, number one home variety
• Do not waste time on seedlings, buy a tree.

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conclusion

• Being in Zone 10-12, a homeowner can grow many
  beautiful fruits, as well ornamental benefits