Large FRUITING 'GEM' Avocado Fruit Tree - Exciting latest Variety, Low Water
GEM is a good producer in a number of ways. One way is its consistency. All avocado varieties fluctuate in their fruit production from year to year, but GEMs yearly yield doesnt fluctuate as much as many other varieties. I have observed this on individual GEM trees, and more importantly, this has also been reported in scientific trialsGEM does also happen to be a truly productive variety overall. In the same trial in Irvine mentioned above, GEM yielded more fruit in terms of weight compared to Hass and Lamb. Similar results have also been reported in a comparison between GEM and Hass in Ventura County by Brokaw Nursery.Put another way, GEM avocado trees produce a lot of fruit on a little tree. Like GEMs behavior of producing avocados more consistently, this attribute of efficiency can also be of benefit to a backyard grower since tremendously of us have limited square footage in our yards.A GEM avocado tree also wants to produce fruit right out of the gate, right at planting. In fact, GEM