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Avocado trees only flower once a year. So when they flower and they usually have a lot of flowers, you want them to set fruit. As has been previously discussed they have an unusual method of pollinisation. The flowers are both male and female, but at different times. Type A trees first open as females with a long central stigma standing erect and the male stamens which have the necessary pollen t…