It's possible to grown many other tree crops along the coast other than avocado and citrus. When speaking of other perennial evergreens like avocado, trees that don't lose their leaves but retain a canopy year round, we want trees that can handle the occasional cold periods that happen in winter. In fact, some trees like 'Hass' avocado need something like 50 hours of chilling – hours below 45 degree Fahrenheit. When trying to grow ‘Hass' in the tropics, the tree gradually loses vigor because the cold need to break dormancy of buds isn't there. So they grow tropical varieties in Florida and the Dominican Republic and consumers get used to the less oily flavor of the tropical varieties. Low or no chilling requirement fruit trees like durian, jackfruit and other tropical fruit can't handle the cold we get in coastal California. There are many different unusual fruits that can be grown, like cherimoya, sapote and mango throughout the southland.
However, if we try to grow low chill varieties of deciduous fruit that can handle winter cold, like apple and peach varieties, they often have insipid in flavor. Here's a list of fruit trees that are adapted to coastal southern California. And if you choose any of the deciduous varieties, make sure you plant them bare root next winter. They are cheaper and transplant better with less transplant shock than planting them when they are in leaf.
http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/Com_Ag/Subtropical/Fruit_and_Nut_Varieties/
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