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Originally Posted by dekkard
I was surprised at first to see the "time to maturity" of the fruit was based not on specie, but on "race" (genus?) of the plant in question.
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Species is a subdivision of Genus.
Race is a subdivision of species.
Cultivar (or variety) is an individual selection of a species, propagated by cutting (grafting), and might represent one or more races due to hybridization.
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Originally Posted by dekkard
As you will see from the IFAS chart, what determines time to maturity is whether an avo is a WI, G or M variety.
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They have lumped them by race. More detailed information is available here:
UC ANR Avocado Information