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. I also gave some wood to others up here who are much better at grafting in case the tree disappears. Hass avocado is perhaps one of the most famous avocado types and considered by many to be the best.The flavour is quite intense and the flesh is very creamy, perfect for guacamole.. Until the 1930s, Fuerte was the best-known variety in the USA, until Rudolf Hass, a green fingered postman, planted some avocado seeds for a small plantation.Hass then patented the tree he chose and it was later . Someday you will be the resource of knowledge on avocado growing in Nice. I hope that in a few years I can have more avocado than I can eat! Lamb Hass Lamb Hass is a California selection bearing spring and summer fruit. Im guessing youre referring to Van Nuys as being slightly cooler in winter (compared to spots closer to the beach). Ive enjoyed reading your posts as I consider my Avocado plant. 3 Advertisements West Indian (Persea americana Mill. Im leaning towards Bacon and Lamb Hass. Theres a little more about my opinions on choosing avocado varieties in this post: https://gregalder.com/yardposts/avocado-varieties-for-year-round-harvest/. All these years I couldnt figure what it was. Better now than never. Its significantly bigger than Hass, as seen in the photo above, andReed also stays green when its ripe. Depending on the cultivar, avocados have green, brown, purplish, or black skin, and may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. Some of them are relegated to a lower tier because of flavor (Zutano); some arent productive enough (Holiday). A Florida avocado has the same kind of fats but in much lower quantities. That is, they have thick firm skin with rich and nutty flesh, high in oil content. I already have lamb, fuerte, Mexicola, Pinkerton, Reed, wurtz, Sir prize. 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. You live in a fantastic neighborhood for growing avocados, as you obviously know. Thanks for the articles; Im finding them to be a wonderful resource. But yes, Lamb, Reed, and Fuerte all have higher salt tolerance than Hass. Compared to Hass, its harvest season isnt quite as long. We will also compliment with other varieties to have ripe fruit all year, (varieties including malama, yamagata, ota, murashiga, kahaluu, fujikawa), for value added products. Step 6. Great article, and I agree with your choices of Hass, Reed, and Fuerte, but only if you live in a true mild avocado climate. 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). I saw such a video recently displaying some trees in the front yard of friends of mine down here in San Diego County and it made me very angry. Hi Elizabeth, Atkins has a bunch of other varieties that you never see around. We might be on to something. Im inclined to just replant everything because I dont find that damaged young trees recover very well. But at least it was grown in Southern California. Could you make a suggestion and where I may obtain that tree. Maybe you would say Reed or Fuerte to graft instead of Lamb? But this is just theory, and I lack experience in so many other aspects of gardening. They grow far better in the mild temperatures near the beach than they do in my yard which is twenty miles from the ocean. This is how I got to this blog, but I never found any mention of high density. Youre very welcome. Taste Ive read is great. Shepard avocados will not bend or break. Thank you for your wonderful blog! Greg Another which 2 trees are best question. I have downscaled a bit.and now I have just 20 trees and 16 varieties. Carmen and GEM are definitely both worth adding to your collection in terms of being great tasting, high yielding, and having good hang time. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). [About our soil: it is not acid at all, for sure. 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. I have no idea if it was a great one or a terrible one. But the intention is to have overlapping seasons for both A and B type so there is always cross pollination available (I know that doesnt guarantee it will work, but I like the idea of having that potential). I live in Sunland, CA, in a very sunny area where the sun is strong all day. In Point Loma/Sunset Cliffs, just make sure the trees arent stressed from lack of water and you should prevent whatever fruitlet drop is possible to prevent. I have seen, in person, happy Hass and/or Reed trees in other parts of Southern California considered Sunset Zone 18, such as Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, and Redlands. Make sure that you water the tree every day to retain the moisture, and remove it to an area that still gets sunlight during cold weather moths, but is protected from frosts and freezes (a large sunny room is perfect). I know you know the pruning game so Im sure youll have no problem keeping the trees at 12 feet. Although I enjoy the diversity of tastes in most all avocado varieties, theres something about Fuerte fruits that hit the target for me. My head was spinning, trying to develop the perfect avocado plan for my hillside. Im considered to be in zone 9, and yet my Reed does well. I have lost a couple in the past that I didnt wrap. I would think that arctic blasts during winter will be your main limiting factor. Thanks Greg! 2 years old Fuerte on unknown seedling I use foam or bubble insulation to wrap the trunks of my baby trees their first winter. See my post, Can you grow an avocado in a small yard?. At the same time I have not been able to taste one and am surprised at how difficult it has been to find, so I wonder how accurate those old articles are, what downsides it might have that have made it less popular over time. I picked up the last Reed from Walter Andersens last week and a little Fuerte. Im very close to cutting mine down. Im sorry but even though that farm has Sharwil avocado trees growing, the trees are too young to have a substantial crop and so they havent started selling the fruit. 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/. The Hass avocado is one of the most delicious varieties of avocado around, with a rich creamy flesh and superior taste. How does your Reed do through Sylmar summers? Pinkerton Avocado. We will sell trees at various ages and transport to other islands. We have acreage The Land located above Hilo, Hawaii, at 800 foot elevation. Heres a link to Miramars offerings: https://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/miramar/greenery/cmw#products. After some pool renovations which sent torrents of pool water into the avo area two of the trees are completely dead. 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. Im glad youre happy with your Zutano. Weve got room for one, or maybe 2, avocados. They have both Reed and Hass, both Duke 7 and Dusa. Best regards, Great article, Im planting a reed, hass and fuerte. We also have a Cate Macadamia tree in the backyard which is doing excellent. What comes to mind is that Fuerte has a more distinctive flavor. Our priest is a big avocado-lover; therefore, I planted 2 avocados there Hass (on Duke-7) and Lamb (on Duke-7). I figured there had to be one. For example, they had Hass planted at 10 feet by 10 feet in 2004, but just topworked that block this spring, 15 years later, because it had become too costly to manage. Nice work! I live on the edge here in the San Fernando Valley when it comes to frost (and heat) so in addition to my Reed I have planted Sir Prize, Stewart, and Mexicola as cooler weather backups. In 1992, the USDA banned shipment of the Sharwil avocados after an oriental fruit fly larva was found in a Hawaiian packinghouse that processed Sharwil avocados and other local produce. I read through your post on protecting avocados from the cold, so well be prepared for the cold nights next winter. On that note, I should mention a post that I wrote a couple summers ago after my yard reached 109.8 degrees one day. My 15-foot Hass averages roughly 100 avocados per year, and Ive found that we need more than that during the Hass season. It sounds like an ideal type B. Hass, (rpondu) Blogue Fruits et Lgumes. Have you received your trees? Ill suggest other varieties and give lots of reasons and scenarios in the upcoming post. I think they can be really helpful if done well. For example, GEM (and some other varieties) on Dusa is a poor performer if the soil pH is high. Asking them to prune 3X a year I think is questionable. I finally managed to buy 1 Hass (on Duke 7) in a local nursery in June 2022 (they sell avocado trees only in May-June). I think, my garden is in the 10a zone. But not about the persea mites. Which order would you recommend from the equator to the pole? (I fear the size they grow but now that I have experience I realize that avocados are easy to prune and bounce back.). One, how well does your Fuerte produce? You can always try a Hass too, and just prune it to the size you want. For the summer/fall varieties, Im unsure about Gwen. However, the main challenge is that different varieties grow at different rates so you have to prune in order to make sure that one (or more) dont take over and shade out the other(s). Kona Sharwil.wow! Sharwil avocados from . Thanks for the update. When you put a thick layer of tree trimmings down, do you turn them to allow air to circulate? 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. Thanks for your feedback. Hello- Love your site- what a treasure trove! That day gave me a chance to compare the heat tolerance of multiple varieties: https://gregalder.com/yardposts/heat-tolerance-of-avocado-varieties/. Will do. If I had the space for three avocado trees, I would add a Fuerte to the mix. Others have noted this since the early days growing Gwen, and I have also noticed it in my tree. I have a friend down here in Southern California who also is very happy with his Zutano tree. Also no information whether it is a clonal rootstock or a seedling one (for avocado trees). Theyre rich in flavor and creamy in texture without any strings. 7 years ago. Oh I wish! Thanks for all the resources. If I eat some Fuerte fruit blindfolded, its so easy to identify it as Fuerte. Bacon grows somewhat vertically, but it is likely to grow faster than the GEM. Lots of them are dropping everyday, but plenty growing. Those varieties would also probably not be extremely vigorous compared to the GEM such that pruning wouldnt be such a challenge. I also planted a Queen avocado tree in the spot where the Holiday was. One concern I have about fresh trimmings is the build up of spores and what not from it just being piled up (6 inches or so thick). Yet the tree is smaller in that it is an upright instead of a large spreading type, the fruit are small but turn black when ripe (about the size of tiny hass found 8 in a bag), and the tree is a heavy producer (at least it was this time). Sun exposure. The good news is that I know trees there that have had them for years, have never been treated for them, and the trees still produce well. I live in Santa Barbara, CA just less than a mile from the ocean. Sometimes the selection and quality is terrible, but sometimes its excellent. If there is excess moisture, your Hass avocado tree might suffer from root rot. But mine trees are still small 3 and 4 feet and last year only had 5 egg size fruit. Gwen has sensitivity to dry soil and heat. I saw a fruiting avocado tree for the first time in my life. I also dont know anything about growing avocados in France, but Ill do my best to help you get started. 1. A mature avocado tree may produce in excess of a million flowers during the flowering period, most of which fall without producing fruit. You can go two ways about it. Should you buy a big or small avocado tree? About high-density avocado plantings: I visited a grove that has been doing it for decades and theyve found that the spacing that works in the long run depends on the variety. Lambs are also highly productive, taste very good, and mature in summer into fall. So a small Lunchbox avocado becoming available soon is not likely, as far as I can tell. Thanks. 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. The tree is around 12 ft. I think this one can make a come back. Spraying the underside of leaves with a forceful stream of water can reduce mite presence on a few small trees where this is feasible.. Whats your take on planting it as the only Avocado tree in my yard? Thanks for the good ideas. Results and timelines of grafted avocados. I saw that you have a Gwen and was curious what your take is on that. If you only eat half, that's 1.3 grams of net carbs. Once budwood is available without using the mother tree I will share more on the Lamorinda. Whats Reed like? We made and wholesaled guacamole on Kauai, Hawaii for 10 years. I appreciate all the documentation! has a high oil content and is larger than the hass variety. Great for guacamole, or just eating out of hand with a dash of salt. I just planted a Sharwill which I found at Atkins, hoping that our Global Warming trend leans my way. Great and very informative information for us who are interested in Avocado farming.However I need more information on how I could distinguish different Avocado trees, for instance I understand that Hass avocado trees are ever green. In fact, Hass also produces more reliably than Fuerte in most places. It is very helpful! Ive been looking for a long time where could I purchase sharwil avocados. I have a spreadsheet of many varieties and their seasons and how they all align based on flower type. I can give it time but wonder if starting new isnt a better option. Due to the protracted nature of avocado flowering in this region, all varieties had some degree of cross-over. Those three trees would be my choice too, another benefit of the fuerte in the mix is that its a b type and you will get good pollination and more fruit set. I think youre absolutely right not to share more about this tree. Thanks for these comments. Kindest regards, Lambs are also highly productive, taste very good, and mature in summer into fall. Really it's the type A Guatemalans that far and away perform best in the cool temps. I was curious where you get all the wood chips for mulch? Where approximately in Northern California are you located? That sounds like an excellent setup and arrangement of varieties. One of them doesnt deliver to France. As for the snow, we have had quite a bit of ice the last few weeks, and today it snowed in parts of the mountains, even in the valley (Pasadena/Rancho Cucamonga)! Youd likely still have a window with no fruit, or no great fruit, sometime in fall. These are varieties that take a long time to get big enough to be useful as shade trees compared to other varieties. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); I'm Greg. Choquette Avocados. Truth is, youll probably be happy with either a Reed or a Sharwil in every way. What could have caused this issue ? The main difference is that GEM is a smaller tree, if that matters to you. We do occasionally get into the mid-20s F in the winter, but it rarely reaches 70F in the summer. I read about GEM, and it sounds like it would fit easily in our space and produce great fruit. I hesitate to even talk about the taste of Kahaluu since Ive only eaten one. 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. With a single Hass tree you can have good avocados at hand for at least seven months out of every year. Florida's avocado trees grow to be between 30 and 65 feet tall. Holiday doesnt produce much down here either, from the trees Ive seen and grown, compared to other varieties. The big difference: these avocados have significantly less fat. The three more Guatemalan types get afternoon shade which I think helps since in recent years our summers are very intense much like inland Riverside and or Redlands as I recall with temperatures reaching well over a 100 more often than a decade ago. The state dealt in the Sharwil variety of avocado, which some say is superior in taste and texture and yields more flesh. The fruit is usually rounded or slightly pear-shaped. I could swear that I read somewhere that Reed trees will get very tall if left unpruned. Ive found that 30% shade cloth over the top of young trees is enough unless its over about 105 degrees. Just to imagine your future for a second: Youll be eating SirPrize avocados around now in March, then youll switch over to GEM sometime around late spring, then youll end the summer and head into fall with Reeds; oh, here comes the next crop of SirPrize fruit starting to blacken its skin and tell you that its time to pick. Thank you. Thought you and others might be interested in knowing that Gwen avocados are currently available at Elis Farmstand in Fallbrook. You just need to make sure that you plant on a mound. What a wonderful gift! I wanted to plant them next to each other. Hass x 4 Reed x 3 Sharwil x 1 Unknown grafted x 1 Fuerte x 2 Ettinger x 2 Wurtz x 1 And a few seedlings. Ive got more than one Hass tree planted (although only one is full grown) in part because my family of five is all avocado lovers, plus I love sharing with friends, neighbors, and extended family, and everyone loves the familiar Hass. One last thing. The Mexicola and Lamb both look like they might be based on the pictures I have seen. (Not that Pinkerton avocados arent delicious though. A couple other options might be Fuerte and Bacon. Good luck with the Reed. Hello Greg from Cyprus in Europe! Sharwil Avocados are medium-sized pear shaped fruits characterized by their rough green skin, which stays green and does not turn black as it ripens. Thank you for your response and info. First, there is no best rootstock. The funny thing is that when I have given people some wood I didnt give them fruit because it is identical to Fuerte so there is no need. I hope to hear more updates from you. (Compare that to many peaches, which cant hold their mature fruit for more than a couple weeks!). Thanks again for everything. Thanks for the kind words. The trees are doing spectacularly, especially the Nabal with 18 almost baseball size avocados on it. Still, what most people prefer to do is plant multiple trees close together, even in one hole. Sounds like a good plan. They have plenty of space, but Im leaning towards the GEM, since its so easy to get a hold of Hass at the markets. I really, really appreciate this article. So sorry to have somehow missed your earlier comment. On June 10 and 11 last year (2019), my yard reached 100 both days. 'Greengold' and 'Murashige' are other green-skinned cultivars recommended by CTAHR for commercial planting. What are your thoughts on a Sharwil Tree? If you want it to spread very horizontally, Id plant a Fuerte. But Ill definitely write profiles of them when I feel like I know them well enough. Lamb, Reed, Pinkerton (and Grande) seem to be the happiest and healthiest. I am a bit lost. Im watching them do so in my yard right now. I thought you could know more about avocado rootstocks, reading articles is one thing, but having an avocado tree orchard is another))))), Also, Duke 7 and Dusa are highly tolerant to Phytophthora (Duke 7 is tolerant to Phytophthora citricola and Dusa to Phytophthora cinnamomi). Now I have all three. Hi Greg, But now with youtube it has been easier to see what can be grown up here. Thanks so much in advance And Gwen was developed just as Hass became king of the world avocado industry and growers and consumers alike began preferring black-skinned avocados. A single fruit can weigh over a pound and the tree grows to reach just 8 feet indoors, or 15 to 20 feet when planted outside. 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. We dont need a shade tree (probably that was obvious. Should be interesting to see how it works out. If the only Hass avocados youve had are from the grocery store, then you have no idea. Its just hard to start growing a tree that you: Or do you have any tips that may make it work? Ive been told that landfills in other counties offer similar products. Fruit Weight: 7-14 oz. But Im game to attack it with a fun and practical twist: Im imagining that I just moved into a new house with a blank yard . Yulia. Distinguishing characteristics of the Sharwil avocado include its size, shape, and color. I recently bought a Hass and Reed on salt tolerant root stock. And one concern would be pairing a vigorous upright variety with a slow spreading variety. It even has an upright variety (seedling actually) with a spreading variety (Fuerte), and it still works. Of the more than 275,000 acres that nurture Mexican avocados, the hands-down favorite is the Hass avocado, with is creamy, nutty flavor. Which town or area are you in? I dont think youll regret a Hass/Bacon pair unless you dont like the milder taste of Bacon. And if I couldnt find a Fuerte, Id substitute a Pinkerton. I have tried a bunch of places with no luck, its even hard finding a Fuerte. Thank you. In your climate, dangerous heat in spring and early summer just doesnt happen. We are Sunset zone 17. They are located in Fallbrook, and possibly in 2020 theyll start selling Sharwils. Elizabeth. In fact, Hass also produces more reliably than Fuerte in most places. Our greenhouse has 14ft ceilings. Im in Ramona, which calls itself the Valley of the Sun, and its not too different here. The avocados have smaller seeds inside and therefore produces a significantly larger amount of flesh to eat than other avocado types. Theyre for my parents and theyre concerned about consuming yield from two trees, but maybe after a few years, theyll be up for another! They must look at my yard and think its disgusting! Hi Greg, Fruits are of high market quality due to its exceptional flavor, high oil content and small seed. We can all hope, cant we? Hi Greg, your posts are so helpful! Thank you!! I counted 51 fruits in this picture. This way youre likely to rarely get bad damage. The main negative is that, to me, Pinkertons dont taste quite as good as Fuertes. 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. I am less concerned about the fruiting period but a good tasting avocado and a tree that will look presentable in a public area. Out of those choices, I would go with Fuerte just because it has the most potential for cross-pollination with Pinkerton. This is how your year in avocados could look. Your climate in Temecula is similar to mine in Ramona: a bit hot in summer; a bit cold in winter . The only varieties that I would avoid for the use of shade are Holiday, Wertz, Stewart, Gwen, and Lamb. As far as Reed vs. Sharwil for this type of climate, Id tentatively give the edge to Reed. or either OK? Ill ask and post an update here as I learn. Edranol, Ettinger, Sharwil and Zutano demonstrated a closer timing to Hass than Bacon, Fuerte and Shepard . (Both Reed and Hass produce more than Fuerte in my yard.) Australia's avocado industry is largely populated by two varieties: Hass and Shepard. In my yard, Reeds start to taste good as early as May, and can go through September. The Sir Prize avocado is defined primarily by a distinctive ridge along one side which becomes less noticeable when the fruit ripens. Watering. All avocado varieties need roughly the same care. So much amazing information here youre helping me gain confidence in my dream of planting an avocado tree in our backyard. But I still hesitate about the rootstock variety. And compared to Reed, Fuertes production isnt as consistently high. Hi David, Then I would give the slight nod to GEM due to the likelihood that the tree in general will look prettier. They seem to be especially common on trees in your neighborhood. LOL! Ive been binge-reading your site after finding it yesterday. Thank you! But the important thing is that Reeds taste great a couple months after Hass are at their best. On the other hand, I have read of some Gwen trees that dont set fruit well without a pollenizer tree nearby. I have a Hass that is a few years old from Durling Nursery. FWIW I think Fuerte, Reed and obviously a great Hass are among my top 5 so your advice is excellent. And youre right about the tree looking weird, but it works. It makes me more confident that I can keep an avocado alive and healthy enough to bear fruit someday. I hate to hear how many avocado trees havent thrived for you, but its great that you havent given up. I dont know the nursery it is originally from. I wish I had time to make more videos. I cant imagine between them, my brother and I, that it will be a problem, lol. And if the tree is small, you might actually need to deliberately remove some of the fruitlets for the trees own long-term health. In fact nowadays growing mangos and bananas is becoming more common here whereas just a decade ago an avocado tree put you on the cutting edge of growing. Hass has the wonderful ability to mature its fruit and then hold them on the tree for many months, waiting for you to pick them. Pretty much. Id probably have to give the edge to Sir Prize because Id rather have the most complementary harvest seasons in order to have fruit to eat more of the year. The flesh is very oily, rich and creamy tasting. Thank you so much for your response. Greg, (If youre wondering where to buy one of these avocado varieties or any other variety of avocado tree see my post, Where to buy an avocado tree.). You might try to ask someone nearby about the water they use, especially on a young tree (older trees are tougher). As good as some other avocados are, nothing pleases me quite as much as eating a high quality Fuerte. I read your articles about pruning and also about hass being a great choice for a single tree. Thanks for the feedback. I dont know anything about salt in soil, never heard of it on the French Riviera. Good questions, all. Thanks so much for this update. might be possible to buy a Lamb Hass (but I read about the Lamb Hasss strong habit of alternate bearing). Give your avocado tree about 15 feet of space from other trees and plants. I confess I began gardening only very recently, and I am super interested in all the different varieties and the scientific details. More reliably available than Sharwil, GreyStar avocados have the same wonderful texture and delicious flavour, and a long season from December to June. 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