Posts Tagged ‘Bearing Fruit’

12 Economic Bubbles That May Burst

What’s the next big bubble? Green energy? Gun sales? Food? Nobody knows for sure. Based on our research, 12 new bubbles already show potential to make and ruin investors. The markets listed below range from bubble-in-the-making to ready to pop:1. Gun salesAnticipating anti-gun legislation, certain Americans are snapping up guns to hoard, collect, or safekeep.

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Avocado tree finally bears fruit after 19 years

After 19 years just looking pretty, the avocado tree near Geneva Moore’s house trailer is bearing fruit. “It’s got a bunch of them,” said Moore, 74. “I couldn’t even believe it at first,” said her son Jay, who planted the seed that grew into his mother’s tree.Barton Joffrion, a horticultural agent at the LSU AgCenter in Houma, said it’s unusual for avocado plants to bear more than leaves in south Louisiana.”A lot of people have the trees because they’re pretty, but it’s been quite a while since I’ve heard of one that’s produced actual avocados,” Joffrion said.

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