An avocado tree's fruit is dangling tantalisingly over the footpath.

An avocado tree-loving beetle, regarded as a serious pest overseas, has been discovered in Auckland.

Cornelius nodded to several of the soldiers, who led the supercargo away behind an avocado tree.

A huge avocado tree dominated the far end and cast a skirt of shade around its trunk.

Slideshow (10 images) Lilly fell off an avocado tree years ago and suffered a serious injury.

You ought to see me squatting under an avocado tree, singing the 'Spanish Cavalier' to a guitar accompaniment.

If you have an avocado tree or can find avocado leaves in a Mexican market, give that option a try.

When she pulled it open, she found herself squinting in the noon sunlight that filtered through the avocado tree branches.

Paul Pretorius and the diminutive Lieutenant Uys were sitting in the shade of the avocado tree with three men he didn't recognize.

Back home we had chickens and beehives in the back garden, but in Zimbabwe we had a swimming pool and an avocado tree.

Hugh Moore planted his first avocado tree in Kauri Point in the Bay if Plenty in 1979 and has been growing them ever since.

Now she spends her days tending lush avocado trees on her orchard in Katikati.

Unlike coffee trees, Mbugua said, avocado trees require little maintenance, and their fruit is a good earner.

There were no flower-crowned men and maidens, no brown babies rolling in the shade of the avocado trees.

Some land is apt for planting mango or avocado trees, Sanchez said, but they would take years to mature.

The principal components analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis showed a mixing of avocado trees from different districts.