"Frogleg" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:44:15 GMT, smithfarms pure kona
> > wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:44:57 GMT, Frogleg > wrote:
>
> >>Given the current price of the Calif. variety, I doubt I
> >>could afford a Maui one even if they *were* offered.
> >
> >Kona, Hawaii Island is where they grow best, not Maui Island.
> >They/Calvado have been a powerful advocate for their own avocadoes.
> >Glad you got a nice mouse pad as I do believe they are well funded,as
> >I said.
> >aloha from Kona,
>
> Oops. I got confused about the island names. Let's say I have a
> feeling a Hawaiian avocado would be prohibitively expensive here. You
> simply would not *believe* the price of papayas! :-)

Frogleg, at my old house I grew fantastic papayas in my yard, I don't have a
yard where I'm at now so I went to the grocery store to buy papayas. You
wouldn't *believe* the price we pay for them either! :-) And mangos, oh,
and pineapples even!

kili