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Richard
10-18-2010, 12:03 PM
These 3 references provide answers to some common and no-so-common questions about Avocados. Feel free to add more questions if yours is not answered here. :)

Avocado Information (http://www.ucavo.ucr.edu/General/General.html) from the UC Avocado Research Center.
Fruit Characteristics of Selected Avocados (http://ocfruit.com/files/Avocados.htm) by Julie Frink, UC Avocado Research Center.
Planting an Avocado Tree Or Two (http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/guides/PlantingAvocadoOrTwo.htm) - an article summarizing current research and practices.

notrecruiting
01-23-2011, 11:08 PM
Holy cow!!! I had no idea there were so many types. I've only known of the "california" or haas, and the "florida" or whatever the real name is. I like the haas. the florida ones are a bit "watery".

Richard
01-24-2011, 12:16 AM
What you are calling "florida" is possibly Fuerte.

One confusion imposed on consumers is that "Hass" is both a cultivar and a grade of Avocado. In particular, you can grow a Hass Avocado tree and get Hass avocados. However, a packing house can sell any variety of avocado as "Hass" provided it meets the grade of size, texture, weight, and oil content. There are 5 cultivated varieties that typically fit this formula.

My advice is to not plant an Avocado until you've tasted Reed and Stewart.

momoese
01-24-2011, 12:28 AM
That's very interesting info!

The Reed I tasted did not even begin to compare to the Fuerte that used to grow on the property in Long Beach where I worked for 15 years. The Fuerte that I bought at market were also better imo. Not sure that I've tasted Steward but I'll look for it now!

notrecruiting
01-24-2011, 01:50 AM
The "florida" ones I'm talkin about are the really big ones. They grow wild here in south Florida and are about 2-3 lbs each. Skin is fairly thin and the pulp is a bit watery. Don't get me wrong, I'll eat em. Especially when they're free. I'd much prefer the haas though.

notrecruiting
01-24-2011, 01:53 AM
I asked this question in another post but don't remember where. If I plant a haas seed in florida will it eventually be haas fruit? Or will the climate, soil and such affect the growth of the tree and therefore the fruit?
I found my post, and the question I actually asked involved grafting. It was http://www.bananas.org/f8/what-did-you-graft-today-4018-post152999.html#post152999. I am curious about both methods, I am sprouting haas seeds already. One has a root and a couple of others are cracking.

notrecruiting
01-24-2011, 01:55 AM
oh, and I've never heard of the reed or the stewart. Don't even know where I would look for them. The stores here just have the little haas and the big whatever they are.

Richard
01-24-2011, 06:46 AM
I asked this question in another post but don't remember where. If I plant a haas seed in florida will it eventually be haas fruit?

Most avocados are grafted -- especially those whose fruits you find in the stores. If you plant the seeds of these, the tree you will grow will be close to the root-stock cultivar which is typically Zutano.

sunfish
01-24-2011, 08:02 AM
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.tropicalfruit.com%2FFlorida-Hass-Avocado--3-Gallon--GRAFTED_p_139.html&rct=j&q=florida%20hass&ei=zXc9Tfu3J4q6sAOc-fDsAw&usg=AFQjCNE5K7blNuRMHEQyQo1Ldn_O0_Ibrg&cad=rja

notrecruiting
01-24-2011, 08:02 PM
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.tropicalfruit.com%2FFlorida-Hass-Avocado--3-Gallon--GRAFTED_p_139.html&rct=j&q=florida%20hass&ei=zXc9Tfu3J4q6sAOc-fDsAw&usg=AFQjCNE5K7blNuRMHEQyQo1Ldn_O0_Ibrg&cad=rja

Thank you. I think that's the answer I was looking for. You can get the Haas type grown in Florida. The choquette looks like the "florida" one I've been thinking of.

asacomm
06-09-2012, 07:00 PM
Hello all,

I have a question about "Avocado grafting".
I want to graft a young soft newly born graft to a young soft stock
germinated early in the spring.

Is it possible and the success probability?

Richard
06-09-2012, 11:02 PM
Hello all,

I have a question about "Avocado grafting".
I want to graft a young soft newly born graft to a young soft stock
germinated early in the spring.

Is it possible and the success probability?

I would wait one year.

barnetmill
06-10-2012, 12:17 AM
I would like to grow avocados, but I have always assumed that they would not tolerate our freezes which can go below 25 F over night? Are there any new cold resistant cultivars. Also after a hard freeze if one protects the graft can they regenerate?

bananimal
06-10-2012, 04:07 PM
My Lula is fairly cold resistant. I think it would have to be wrapt up using a heat source during below 30F spells. The Lula looks great this year.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49218&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49218&ppuser=820)

sunfish
06-10-2012, 04:10 PM
Avocados - Varieties and Growing Information - Order Online – Four Winds Growers (http://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/fruit-trees-vines-and-berries/avocados.html)

Dalmatiansoap
06-10-2012, 04:25 PM
I lost all Avocado seedlings I had and Im going to wait till I form some serious windblock and canopy before getting the new ones.

Louisiana1949
06-11-2012, 03:47 PM
Do any of you know a site where you can buy avocado trees on line? Thanks, Pete

NANAMAN
06-11-2012, 04:13 PM
Do any of you know a site where you can buy avocado trees on line? Thanks, Pete

Pine Island Nursery's Avocado Cultivar Viewer (http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/avocado-viewer/index.htm)