Avocado

Avocados are thought to have originated in Mexico and grow well in tropical and Mediterranean climates. The fruit is pear shaped or somewhat round, depending on variety. Fruit has thin rinds that vary from smooth to very pebbly. Ripe fruit colors can be deep green to almost black. Flesh is yellow-green and very creamy.

 

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Avocado varieties:

Bacon

• Medium size, green skinned, good quality
• Bears heavier in alternate years

Fuerte

• Meium size, green skinned, high quality
• Hardy to 27°F
• Well-known variety
• Large tree, early bloom
• Bears in alternate years

Gwen

• Medium size, green skinned, good quality
• Medium tree with narrow habit
• Bears in alternate years

Hass

• Medium to large; dark purple, pebbly, skin
• Excellent flavor
• Hardy to 30°F
• Large, spreading tree
• Bears in alternate years

Littlecado

• A great backyard tree
• Height 8-12 feet
• Produces good tasting, green skinned fruit with medium-thin skin
• Ripens May- September

Mexicola

• Small, tender, dark purple skin
• Outstanding nutty flavor; large seed
• Needs well-drained soil
• Cold hardy to 20°F
• Heavy producer

Pinkerton

• Large tree
• Heavy early producer near coast and inland
• Green fruit, medium pebbly skin
• Ripens November – April

Reed

• Medium to large, with green, pebbly skin; fine flavor
• Slender, upright tree
• Ripens summer into fall

Stewart

• A compact Mexicola type avocado
• Cold Hardy to 18°F
• Black ripening, thin skin fruit
• Ripens August - October

Whitsell

• Medium size, green skinned
• Very good quality
• Medium size tree
• Bears in alternate years
• Ripens midwinter into fall

Zutano

• Good variety in relatively low temperatures
• Green fruit, medium-thin skin
• Upright tree
• Ripens November – January
• Best pollinator for Hass

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