Marvel, BL516, UCR V04. It went by various names during the experimental phases until the University of California filed for a patent, sold the license to propagation rights, and released it as . . . Luna. The experimental phases took 40 years. The seed of the mother tree was planted in 1983; the patent was […] The post The Luna avocado: a profile appeared first on Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardening.