So from Armstrong and Evergreen and Walter Andersen, etc. So Im only guessing here. Better now than never. I will send you some wood. Thanks, Keith. Thanks. I would stick to A types though. Our climate is supposed to be similar to South California (I have never been to California though))), we have no frosts, summers are a little more humid than in California. One is related to a nursery based in California called Brokaw: https://www.viverosbrokaw.com/?lang=en. The Sharwil is a Guatemalan avocado of Australian origin, very similar to the Fuerte (although the Sharwil avocado is more ovular). The Hass has a ton and the Fuerte as well. Sixty percent shade cloth over the trees can work as long as its only over the top (not wrapping the entire tree) and more than a few inches higher than the tree (not almost touching the top leaves). Thank you for your article. You might find this answer boring, in which case Id be willing to bet that you dont already have a Hass tree in your yard. Ive seen numerous examples of this throughout Southern California. I get my first 14th trees from 2 Spanish online shops and after a couple of months in the dirt and under mulch, all of them are doing fine: Even when it was 118 back in July 2018 I lost no Pinkerton fruit, and Ive seen a Pinkerton tree in Redlands that carried a massive crop through that same heat wave. Thanks again for everything. GEM and Carmen will both satisfy you, Im sure of it. They have both Reed and Hass, both Duke 7 and Dusa. I dont have a lot of firsthand experience with avocados in your area so I try to be keep quiet about what will grow well there and how to do it. But for others like Hass and Reed and Sharwil, to take the ones you mentioned, they just taste like awesome avocados. It is pear-like in shape and has dark skin when ripe. Oliver Atkins, the founder of the nursery, was the longtime chair of the Variety Committee of the California Avocado Society. I named the tree Lamorinda after the area it is grown which is name referring to the 3 cities of Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda. For more information visit the NZ Avocado Industry Ltd website or phone 0800 AVOCADO / 0800 286 2236. If you want to maintain that upright growth, then its best to limit the fruitset or pinch the tips of branches as they grow so that they fork more and are better able to hold a load of fruit. As I learnt that planting an A-type and a B-type only encreased crops by 20%, I thought it would be smarter to plant a second tree that would be fruiting when Hass does not, allowing me to have avocados almost all year long, as ou describe in your article. Lambs do get rich, for sure. What an adventure youve gotten yourself into. We should be able to figure out how to make one work. Hass does really well in cool climates. Theyre both great varieties, and good complementary trees for a Reed. Some of them are relegated to a lower tier because of flavor (Zutano); some arent productive enough (Holiday). (See more about Lamb in my post, The Lamb/Hass avocado tree: a profile.). Im torn though We have a small space with good sunlight and drainage in our yard that is probably 12 x 12 for this tree. After some pool renovations which sent torrents of pool water into the avo area two of the trees are completely dead. Of course, they dont understand the function of that leaf litter. I figured there had to be one. AvoSeedo Avocado Tree Growing Kit, Green, Practical Gifts for Women, Mom, Sister & Best Friend, Plant Indoors with Novelty Pit Grower Boat & Kitchen Garden Seed Starter 6,659 $9.96 $ 9 . Our priest is a big avocado-lover; therefore, I planted 2 avocados there Hass (on Duke-7) and Lamb (on Duke-7). It means a lot to me! Thank you for your great thoughts on Avos! Greg, what rootstocks would you recommend for GEM, Lamb and Bacon? 100% Hawaiian Sharwil Avocados. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); I'm Greg. for avocados. Fuerte and Sharwil are going to be harvested starting before Hass, and Nabal has a later season than Hass. On the other hand, I doubt youd be disappointed with Pinkerton, which is widely available. Mites like a dusty leaf surface. What would you recommend? Thanks so much for all the info and experience you provide! Hi Greg, Thanks By 1991, Sharwil was finally cleared for export and shipments were. Do you suggest shade clothes for all my trees (about 4 feet tall, 15 gal), or will it stunt growth too much? Pinkertons are very productive, especially considering that they are a smaller tree, and like Fuerte, Pinkertons also mature a bit earlier than Hass. As for Reed, it can handle the heat fairly well as far as Ive seen. Usually the soil we get up here for avocados is more suited for stone fruit. 1 year old Bacon on Zutano seedling June of this year I topped them at 8 feet, The Gem is still at 8 feet but the other two want to grow to the moon. Your area is definitely on the cool side, but actually not too much cooler than ideal for avocados in terms of high temperatures. The variety was developed in Australia during the mid-1950s and it became the main commercial avocado grown in . Let me get things together on my side before I share too much about the Lamorinda tree. Plus 1 GEM, 1 Lamb and 1 Bacon. The Nabal is really dropping a lot of yellowing leaves daily and making me nervous about over or under watering or something else I might be causing. The tree looks healthy and fruitful: auspicious for your plantings. Avocado strains include Nishikawa, Sharwil, and Lamb Hass. The Hass Avocado. Im in Van Nuys, which is Sunset Zone 18. Blossom Type: B Fruit Shape: Clavate Skin Color Unripe: Green Skin Color Ripe: Green Skin Thickness: Medium Average Fruit Weight oz: 10 to 18 %Ratio Seed/Skin/Flesh: 9:12:79 Click on image to enlarge Additional Information: Popular in Australia. We have a large greenhouse and I was hoping you could suggest some avocados that might be easier to grow and fruit here? Funny thing is that Hass was once an outsider. I ate it on April 26, 2018, and my notes say that the Kahaluu avocado skin had thrips scarring, was about as large as a Reed but with more of a pear shape, did not peel easily, flesh was very easy to spoon out though. Most of them dont usually produce as well in such climates as A types. And I started reading about rootstocks. Sharwils harvest season compared to Reed will likely be more similar to Hass at your location. Id use less dense shade cloth or raise the shade cloth. The variety has been grown in Southern California for about a hundred years, having been brought up from Guatemala by Wilson Popenoe. Also I was thinking of grafting Lamb Hass onto the Hass so I can extend that season. And I also hope for mild heat this summer! Its me from up North again. The Pinkerton tree itself gets a bit sunburned and tattered looking but it holds onto its fruit very well, which Id say is what we most care about. Over the past 2 weeks sheltering in place, Im noticing lots of small fruit starting. The fruit of domestic varieties have smooth, buttery, golden-green flesh when ripe. Truth is, youll probably be happy with either a Reed or a Sharwil in every way. My Reed and Lamb trees held onto so much fruit that I later had to remove some by hand in order to prevent branches from breaking. You just have to do a little pruning to make sure they share sunlight and space. A handsome tree to about 9m x 10m, Hass is fairly cold and frost tolerant once established, and will bear its delicious fruit between September and January. I cant imagine anyone being happy with that situation even if were just a typical commercially variety much less a one of a kind variety without first getting some type of permission. A couple other options might be Fuerte and Bacon. Wish Maddocks was open on the weekend so i could check it out. Type A flowers. You might try leaching the chlorine out of the soil by giving it a long watering with regular water. At least I think it is a Reed, they said it was and it definitely looks like one from all the pictures. I would eliminate the Wertz on the basis of the others tasting better. If I was going to do it again here in the Southern Vic, I'd just go for Hass and Reeds mostly with maybe three Bacons and an Ettinger for a pollinator. The salt tolerance of some is not extremely better than others. I have lost a couple in the past that I didnt wrap. Spacing with the Hass is important as well. Also, what are your thoughts on a multi-variety grafted tree? But I still hesitate about the rootstock variety. If I only have space for one avocado tree, could I graft several varieties to this one tree, or is this not recommended? Hi Peter, I picked up the last Reed from Walter Andersens last week and a little Fuerte. But I have seen Holiday and Pinkerton. Or consider 'Lamb Hass,' a similar-size tree, hardy to 26 degrees, bearing 10- to 18-ounce Hass . Ive got a small Reed already picked out, since I really love the flavor. I was surprised this past weekend that I found the Lowes in La Mirada had 10 Reeds in 5 gallon containers. Hi Greg, This cultivar is responsible for almost 60 percent of commercial avocado acreage in Hawaii. Vertically? I think Ill pick a few avocados that you mentioned (knowing me Ill get to the store and come back with seven) Call me crazy but I just ordered 10 thermometers that record the max/min temp on my property. Would appreciate any information that you might wish to share! I listen for the sound of a chainsaw. Im about to head to subtropica nursery to buy three trees. The Nabal trees I know are not so wide spreading like a Fuerte, and neither are they more upright like a Bacon can be. As an aside, I recently spent a long weekend in Ramona, beautiful area. There are lots of other very good avocado varieties. 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One, how well does your Fuerte produce? Asking them to prune 3X a year I think is questionable. USDA Certified Production Facility: Volume up to 6,000 lbs. Edranol, Ettinger, Hass, Sharwil and Zutano were mid-season flowerers. Not always, but usually. Thought you and others might be interested in knowing that Gwen avocados are currently available at Elis Farmstand in Fallbrook. In contrast, most of the Type B avocados are considered "greenskins". Thank you and thank you for all the information you have shared on your site!! If you live in a cooler area I think it calls for some adjusting. The only real negative was that the seedcoat didnt adhere to the seed. Found some 5gals at Atkins in Fallbrook. What do you think, is it overkill to have two Hass trees? To speed up the avocado ripening process we recommend placing unripe avocados in a brown paper bag with an apple or banana for two to three days until they are ripe. I concluded that it was worth growing. I have learned so much from your website, Thank You. More reliably available than Sharwil, GreyStar avocados have the same wonderful texture and delicious flavour, and a long season from December to June. I could swear that I read somewhere that Reed trees will get very tall if left unpruned. It is so hard to know when a variety will taste good coming from a tree in your yard based on the information of others, I totally agree. I know thats not down the street, but . If the only Hass avocados youve had are from the grocery store, then you have no idea. Only Fuerte tastes good then, of those youve mentioned. GEM. This autumn, I decided to order more avocado trees from Brokaw. I like the combination of Pinkerton and Lamb; that makes a lot of sense in terms of tree size and complementary seasons. Ive been told that landfills in other counties offer similar products. I wish I had time to make more videos. By the way, all of these varieties Reed, Lamb, GEM, Sir Prize taste really good so I wouldnt choose one over the other because of taste. This question is unanswerable in an objective sense. Holiday doesnt produce great in the heat (or even without heat) compared to Pinkerton. The second time I tried in on avocado toast and to my surprise it tasted even more like Fuerte. In fact, cross-pollination is promoted in the flowers by the stigma of a flower being receptive to pollen prior to pollen being released from that same flower. Although I enjoy the diversity of tastes in most all avocado varieties, theres something about Fuerte fruits that hit the target for me. Im glad you have shared how things are doing at your place so others nearby are clued in. Its season should complement the GEM even better, and the growing pattern seems like its columnar as well. My third choice would be Hass and Lamb. Many thanks in advance for your help and advice! We dont need a shade tree (probably that was obvious. Im still fairly new to farming and have a ~280 Hass grove (Fuerte rootstock) in inland San Diego (Ramona), so I am always fascinated with learning about these trees. Theres likely to be at least a little variation in your yard. For the summer/fall varieties, Im unsure about Gwen. Ive watched some young trees in your area get zapped by cold every couple years recently. I hope that in a few years I can have more avocado than I can eat! In Northern California Hass doesnt do as well for some reason (unless you live on the coast) compared with other varieties. Its important information. Is that the same down South? Thanks for all the resources. ), and are interested in dwarf avocados outside that have a chance of bearing here. Three, how big will you let the Hass trees get? Thank you! Ive got a Fuerte tree that Ive grafted a couple Pinkerton and Lamb branches into, but this situation is easier because I want those Pinkerton and Lamb branches to stay small and just provide pollen for the Fuerte; Im not trying to have each variety take up about a third of the canopy area. Theres a little more about my opinions on choosing avocado varieties in this post: https://gregalder.com/yardposts/avocado-varieties-for-year-round-harvest/. The information I am finding on Reed says that it is best grown in Zones 10-11. Compared to Hass, its harvest season isnt quite as long. Its single disadvantage is its black color, which has been associated in the minds of the public with poor quality fruits, wrote, Then why isnt Fuerte my top choice? Avocado flowers are cross-pollinated which means that developing independent genetic lines is difficult. They grow and mature on the tree, but they only ripen (soften) after being picked, after their stem is severed. I dont want to overstep my welcome to the tree. Where approximately in Northern California are you located? Ive heard people say that too, but Ive never found evidence for it. I decided to go pairwise; Im curious and want to understand whatre the best varieties to eat & grow here in our climate and my particular soil and I hope to avoid alternate bearing issues. Reed (another type A variety) was a late season flowerer. I counted 51 fruits in this picture. And one concern would be pairing a vigorous upright variety with a slow spreading variety. Ive seen high-density plantings get crowded after the first few years and then the yield is reduced and the grove is impenetrable jungle. Especially since I have a big interest in Hawaiian varieties it is difficult to know what the season will be in OC. My trees are young now, but Im a few years I will ask for your location and send you a barrel of all my varieties. Thanks. We might be on to something. Hass avocados make up 95% of all the avocados eaten in the USA but you may be surprised to learn that the humble Hass is one of the newest varieties of avocado and didn't even exist before the 1920's. Our greenhouse has 14ft ceilings. Sharwil, Stewart, Sir Prize, Hass and Holiday dont seem to do as well here in comparison. Ive enjoyed reading your posts as I consider my Avocado plant. Green gold can not compete with shawil but makes good quac. And compared to Reed, Fuertes production isnt as consistently high. I like the way you put that. Aside from their physical differences, the main difference between Hass and Fuerte avocados is their textures. Excellent flavor - Sharwil and Hass both are described as rich and nutty. If you can, I would go with those combinations. Whats Reed like? Have you received your trees? Im considering a 6 X 10 planting. Great to hear all of this. The correct spelling is "Hass." The word "Hass" rhymes with "class," and is often mistaken to rhyme with "Hoss" or "Hozz." Why is it "Hass Avocado?" Because the Hass Avocado is named after Rudolph Hass, a California postman who patented the Hass Avocado in 1935. The trees were 15 gal and difficult to keep hydrated the first summer(you forget all the roots are contained in the pot size). On the other hand, he plants GEM at 10 feet because it is less vigorous than Hass. Its good no doubt, but being the guy at Clausen told me it is the _best_ avocado, I was a bit surprised that it didnt have the high oil content like a Hass, it reminded me much more of a Fuerte, milder and more water based than oil based. Hi Robert, The flesh is very oily, rich and creamy tasting. I am still waiting for an answer about my order, which, I hope, will be possible. (Compare that to many peaches, which cant hold their mature fruit for more than a couple weeks!). It's the plant hormone ethylene, which occurs . (Both Reed and Hass produce more than Fuerte in my yard.) It is very good sized, peels easily, acts like it is a semi-dwarf tree, and the fruit is just so good! The flesh itself has a mild taste and is quite watery. Its a challenge to choose a single avocado variety to plant. I have a space there where its convenient for them to dump. This is how your year in avocados could look. Thats a fun project. All the wood from the Gwen is going to the beach soon as possible for a bonfire. This will help me determine where i will plant it. I have bought a number of trees there. I also like Maddock. Your email address will not be published. Recently I moved to the cusp of Zones 9a and 9b. Marin, known for cultivating new crops, also grew Isabella grapesthen sold the resulting wine to sea captains, off what is now Vineyard Avenue in Honolulu. I am curious to see if it will fruit consistently. I just put down the mulch and leave it be. And then if youve got a productive Reed (which are always productive, actually), whose fruit youll want to start eating in summer, then youll only need your Hass fruit to last around three or four months (late spring to early summer). I cant speak from personal experience about my own Sharwil trees because theyre too young, so this guess is based on what Ive seen in others Sharwil trees in Southern California. Some percentage of fruitlet drop always happens, due to incomplete pollination and other unknown factors. Hey Greg, Temecula gardener here. I am trying to get a good combination of A & B type and have avocados throughout the year. However, they often dont have any in stock, which means your only choice is to put in a request and wait for delivery as you noted. If ever back this way soon would compensate you gladly to do a quick evaluation of right and wrong approach here. I would be happy to share with you if you are interested. Lambs are also highly productive, taste very good, and mature in summer into fall. Elizabeth, 27. . (See page 28 in. With this global warming trend I think it might be time for U.C. Avocado - Hass (A Flowering Variety): Possibly the most popular of all avocados, Hass bears incredibly flavoursome fruits that keep well. The fruit is the 'Hass' type, with a pebbly green skin that ripens off the tree to nearly black. And compared to Reed, Fuertes production isnt as consistently high. And, green gold, very prolific, and a good pollinator. Just got some bee hives in this year and a decent fruit set, just hope the heat stays mild this summer. Which is the best? The worst infestations Ive seen have been on highly fertilized trees. Both trees have been prolific. A homegrown Hass, picked at prime time around May or June in, Whats Reed like? 2) have high-quality fruits, tasty, with a high oil-content. They call it Standard or 4 mulch. Now I have all three. Please keep it up. Is there something I can do to prevent the drop, or is it just survival of the fittest? So you dont want to prevent the drop of fruitlets if the set is heavy. North American market for . Youd likely still have a window with no fruit, or no great fruit, sometime in fall. . About five years ago it started to get bad infestations of mites, it then started to get cancors on the large branches and trunk that had a white powder around the edges. Compared to Hass, its harvest season isnt quite as long. The only tough part is that you must whitewash exposed bark. Hardiness: Average to 28F. I also have a Bacon way in the back yard mostly for pollinating. Thats a cool question. By the way, I have a few other Hawaiian varieties growing that Ive never tasted and am wondering if youd recommend giving any of them more or less attention and space: Murashige, Malama, Nishikawa, Kahaluu? Do you think I should remove the one tree which has a few new green shoots? I have been growing avos for 40 years. More than half the fat in avocados is the healthy monounsaturated fat (the type in olive oil) and saturated fat is minimal. I was trying to think of any varieties that cant be kept to 10-12 feet tall, but Im at a loss. My Reed, as well as those I know nearby, does relatively well. But this is just theory, and I lack experience in so many other aspects of gardening. Jan Boyce is an A-type avocado variety, but Sir-Prize, Bacon, Sharwil, and Nabal are Bs. but Im not sure. Sharwil avocados are the only Hawaiian avocado authorized for shipment to the mainland of the United States. Thanks a lot for contributing this. Do you have any neighbors with avocado trees in their yard? I am thinking Dusa for Hass (everyone says that Hass avocado grafted on Dusa is more productive than on Duke 7) But I have no idea about Reed, because no scientific study mentions Reed (I guess this is because it is not a commercial variety anymore). Miuch like Citrus, Palm and Catus mix. And such dense shade cloth (60%) right above the trees for the whole summer would be too much shade and would reduce growth. I have a friend who lives in your area: nice place to grow avocados. I think we do have tomato phytophthora. Hi Greg, your posts are so helpful! I dont usually talk about high density because its a term that commercial growers use whereas my website is oriented toward home gardeners. I am less concerned about the fruiting period but a good tasting avocado and a tree that will look presentable in a public area. A single, 25-foot Hass tree will give you a few hundred avocados in a good year, but a tree kept pruned to 10 or 15 feet would give you fewer. As for heat-tolerant avocado varieties, I wrote a post about that some years back and Ill be updating it soon: https://gregalder.com/yardposts/heat-tolerance-of-avocado-varieties/. Pinkerton seems to never drop fruit in the heat. Just a couple days ago, I visited the largest organic avocado orchard in California, and they recently planted a lot of Sharwil trees. As I mentioned in a different post I have a Fuerte and a Hass here in temecula, Ive been thinking of putting in a third to open the possibility of year round avocados. That is, they have thick firm skin with rich and nutty flesh, high in oil content. (I have to confess this is a real problem of our nation.. No information whatsoever about rootstocks in the nurseries And then people are surprised that their cherry or apricot trees dont fruit). And if the tree is small, you might actually need to deliberately remove some of the fruitlets for the trees own long-term health. One of the challenging things is actually figuring out the season for each time and what that season is for those varieties in the location it is planted. Elizabeth. 'Wilma' cold-hardy avocado fruits weigh up to six ounces (182g). I think they do not sell avocado trees on Dusa in nurseries, because it is still under licence (I had to pay a bit more for the patent and had to communicate to Brokaw the addresses of the orchards). The last tree has very little green although it does look like new green. Step 5. Kindest regards, Option 3: Lamb Hass, others? Ill be back to study more and update you with my progress. We are also planting 14 varieties of guaranteed dwarf coconut trees for seed to grow future dwarf coconut seed farms on all islands. I hope you didnt get snow where you are, because a few weeks ago when I was there, it was COLD and rainy. Would you recommend Carmen Hass and GEM? As good as some other avocados are, nothing pleases me quite as much as eating a high quality Fuerte. Hi Greg, Most of the other retail nurseries buy from the same wholesale growers (La Verne and Durling). Lots of dieback when it reached 117F for 3 days. Out of those choices, I would go with Fuerte just because it has the most potential for cross-pollination with Pinkerton. Ill do it again this summer to figure out where not to plant less heat tolerant plants. Its nearly impossible, unfortunately. We got a Hass today, and were planning to plant it tomorrow in the sunniest spot in our yard, which usually stays pretty warm, even when its chilly. What's more - I don't want to mush up my avo on my toast. Should be interesting to see how it works out. The rest of it rocky, not very rich, not clayey (I guess this should mean it is well ventilated. Where I am now (Ramona) gets a little chillier even than there but Lamb does fine in my yard. Lots of great Hass are grown in nearby Morro Bay. I also planted a Queen avocado tree in the spot where the Holiday was. I am in the hills of Montecito, south facing slope. It seems that Reed has the advantage in terms of fruit production. As for why Gwen hasnt become a more popular backyard avocado tree in Southern California, I dont know. I just cant say for sure. Wish me luck! Our USDA certified Avocado fruit are medium to large sized pear-shaped with a small seed (~74% flesh), higher oil content than Hass (28% compared to 21%), and a green rough skin that is soft to the touch when ripe. Im glad you found your Reed there! I want to reorder a Hass (on Duke-7), as you recommended earlier. The main reason Id choose Reed is that its harvest season complements the Hass. Maybe not the best. Carlsbad is an awesome place to grow avocados. Hello Greg from Cyprus in Europe! I hope you get a chance to plant a real avocado tree or three this spring. As for growing a Sharwil tree in your yard, youll probably find that it wont be quite as productive as a Hass or Reed, but possibly more productive than a Fuerte. One has more green on it than the other. 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