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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
I have grafted trees that bear in Jan - Feb, but flower in June and set fruit only to abort a few weeks later.
I also have a 15 year old tree that was a gift and grown by seed.
I've been tossing the fruit off my mountain for many years, and can see many of these seedlings are bearing fruit now.
Will the fruit of the trees be similar to each other ?
Will the fruit of the trees be similar to my 15 year tree ?
FYI, an avocado tree can grow to a height of more than 200 feet.
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I would say that if you're not getting a good cross-pollination with an opposite genotype ( an "A" type with a "B" type), then you will end up with a lot of cuke's, which are unpollinated flower fruit. There's a graph chart all over the web to find out what are good opposites to use. Here's one example (note after the description, there's an A or B)
Avocados - Varieties and Growing Information - Order Online – Four Winds Growers
As far as seedling grown trees, they will be a gamble on what quality and size of the fruit, and all other characteristics. HOWEVER - this is how the Haas variety and many others were discovered (by chance seedlings). The occurrence of good avos are probably less than bad, but if you have enough seedlings, then it would probably not bother you too much. Where I have limited space for large fruit trees, it's more important for me to find great performers only so I wish I had your time, patience, and extra space
I would love to see a 200 foot or taller tree, but I can imagine, as we had large avocado trees on my family's property as a kid, and my cousins built large tree houses in them. I would probably say the trees were 100+ years old and were constantly dripping with fruit. (Maybe 60 feet tall).