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Kōrero: Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts

Harvesting avocados

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Harvesting avocados

Avocados grow on tall, spreading trees, so cherry pickers or hydraladders are needed to reach the uppermost fruits. This hydraladder is 10 metres tall, fully extended.

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New Zealand Avocado Growers' Association

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Sandy Scarrow, Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts – Avocados and persimmons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16009/harvesting-avocados (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Sandy Scarrow, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.