Just thought I’d share here in case anyone is interested – I created a project page on the Experimental Farm Network for my cold-hardy avocado project:
https://experimentalfarmnetwork.org/project/36
I’ll start distributing trees around this time next year, so I’m mostly launching this now to gauge interest and help find other cultivars to add to the multi-graft breeding trees.
This is a rather long-shot experiment, I will admit, but I’m committed to sticking with it for many years to come, and hope to eventually test hundreds or even thousands of seedlings to see if the genetic variability of avocados will produce any trees capable of doing even reasonably well in our climate.