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California farms produce 90% of all U.S.-grown avocados, with the great majority being of the Hass variety. [14] In 2021 [15] the state harvest was 135,500 short tons (122,900 t) on 46,700 acres (18,900 ha) for a yield of 2.9 short tons per acre (6.5 t/ha), and at $2,430 per short ton ($2,679/t) that brought $327,369,000.
Fruit productivity of lowbush blueberries varies by the degree of pollination, genetics of the clone, soil fertility, water availability, insect infestation, plant diseases and local growing conditions. [3] Wild (lowbush) blueberries have an average mature weight of 0.3 grams (1 ⁄ 128 oz). [3] Lowbush blueberries, sometimes called "wild ...
During ideal conditions (usually humid weather) the disease can inflict losses as high as 60%. [95] Symptoms include lesions resembling burn marks that gradually grow larger. [94] In some states incidence of the disease can be as high as 100%. [96] Trials have shown that properly timed copper sprays can reduce incidence by 90%. [97]
The report may scare people away from eating the fruits and vegetables they need, said Neil Nagata, whose family has grown organic and conventional strawberries in Oceanside, California, for decades.
Most of California dried fruit production is centered in the San Joaquin Valley where the soil and climate, especially the hot, dry summers, provide ideal growing conditions. While these fruits were commonly dried in the sun in the past, now only raisins are almost entirely naturally sun-dried. [11]
Strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa) in the United States are almost entirely grown in California – 86% of fresh and 98% of frozen in 2017 [1] – with Florida a distant second. [2] [3] Of that 30.0% was from Monterey, 28.6% from Ventura, 20.0% from Santa Barbara, 10.0% from San Luis Obispo, and 9.2% from Santa Cruz. [1]