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Cyndi's street trees

Dear Planters,
RE: Cyndi's choice for "edible" Oakland Street trees.

1) Umbellularia callifornica would grow much too large aND KEEP THE AREA
beneath it filthy with sooty mold.  Besides the leaves taste awful!  If
you want Bay Leaves choose Laurus 'Saratoga'--a perfect replacement.  Or
choose Laurus nobilis and cultivate patience.

2) No almond of any kind will fruit where Cyndi lives.  They require a
colder winter and much, much hotter summer.

3) A standard Eureka lemon or Bearss's Seedless Lime would do fine but neither
are fast.

4) Feijoa sellowiana is a superb choice but messy. However both flowers and
fruits are edible.  You must choose a grafted clone for fruit and two different
clones are better'n one.

5) All citrus are slow in the conditions you offer.  Speedy are plums,
(messy), apples, pears.

6) My personal recommendation would be two different apricots-easy in your
area,
clean, delicious, relatively fast - read the HP Book of Fruits and Nuts.
Then try again.  You first choices will lead to permanent unhappiness!
Michael D Barclay
Kensington, California Sunset Zones 16-17
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