The Temecula Valley Historical Society invites the public to a presentation by Rob Crisell at the Little Temecula History Museum on Monday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. Crisell will be discussing the history of California’s avocado industry. Refreshments will be served as well as tastes of various types of avocados.Crisell's most recent book, California Avocados: A Delicious History (History Press: 2024) is the first and only book on the 175-year history of the avocado in California. It is based on extensive research and interviews with more than thirty growers, distributors, aficionados, and academics throughout California. Intrepid settlers in California were among the first to embrace the avocado when it first arrived from Mexico in the mid-1800s. The century-long love affair with the avoca
