Question
dear jim,
I live in granada hills california and i have grown a small tree of avocado for 3yrs now, and it has gained abundant of flowers this spring, I was wondering when do i expect it to bear fruits?

sincerly yours,
ceneen

Answer
Well avocado plants contain flowers with both sexes and they then to open at different times and as a result a singe tree may not pollinate itself. but if it did flower the only thing to do is wait and see if it pollinated itself. Here is a exerpt form an artice about avocados from the web site :http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/avocado.html

Avocado flowers appear in January - March before the first seasonal growth, in terminal panicles of 200 - 300 small yellow-green blooms. Each panicle will produce only one to three fruits. The flowers are perfect, but are either receptive to pollen in the morning and shed pollen the following afternoon (type A), or are receptive to pollen in the afternoon, and shed pollen the following morning (type B). About 5% of flowers are defective in form and sterile. Production is best with cross-pollination between types A and B. The flowers attract bees and hoverflies and pollination usually good except during cool weather. Off-season blooms may appear during the year and often set fruit. Some cultivars bloom and set fruit in alternate years.