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I will try to determine whether each variety listed here is either “A” or “B” and add that to the listings over time. Enterolobium trees can grow to a huge size very quickly in Florida, overpowering the avocado tree. The most cold-tolerant can handle freezes of about 15F (-9C) with little damage, and still produce a crop of fruit the next year. The only black-skinned variety which does not seem to have it is ‘Wilma’, but I’m not sure that any of our ‘Wilma’ fruits are ripening properly here, due to that variety’s susceptibility to anthracnose in our humid climate. In North Florida and similar climate zones, nurseries should be selling avocado varieties that have pure Mexican parentage – a glance at this page will show there’s lots to choose from. West Indies rootstocks are particularly vigorous, but because they are cold-sensitive, in areas prone to frost trees should be grafted low and planted out in the ground with the graft union buried. Please refresh your browser by downloading it on the links below or contact your system administrator serving your computer. But there’s one caveat: I’ve seen numerous people online say that avocado variety ‘Fantastic’ is also the same as Bill’s variety ‘Pryor’. Joey and Poncho avocados produce medium-sized fruit with good flavor. Think your area is too cold for avocados? I’ve spoken to more than one person around here who said, “I planted one of those supposedly cold-hardy Mexican avocado trees, and it froze!” In each case, it turned out that what they had planted was ‘Winter Mexican’. Since ‘Gainesville’ has green fruits, while ‘May’ has black-skinned fruits, and the seedling variety ‘Gloria’ has black-skinned fruits, this is apparently a cross between ‘Gainesville’ and ‘May’. Tags Abiu, Abiu tree, Baptiste Mango, Brazos Belle Avocado ... Opal Avocado On page 6 15 30 45 all. ��� W.R., Houston. Bill Schneider in Texas has found that West Indies types are more tolerant of the saline soils in his area, so he grafts Mexican varieties onto this rootstock. While the other avo varieties I’ve been profiling here are pure Mexican subspecies, ‘Brogden’ is a cross between Mexican and West Indies types. One thing I’ve noticed which might be a general pattern: the black-skin varieties of these avocados seem to have a distinctive, pleasant “creaminess” to the flesh, which reminds me a tiny bit of the texture of mayonnaise. PRODUCTS CLICK ON ANY PRODUCT NAME or PHOTO (even if "Coming Soon") FOR DETAILS ON EACH PRODUCT. It has limited commercial value in the lower Rio Grande Valley and is often found in landscapes across South Texas. Harvest Dec ��� March West Indies avocado types have lower oil content, making their flavor less rich than the other subspecies. This will keep the temperature around 32 degrees rather than lower. You save: $28.80( 22.6%) Availability: in stock. Regular pruning to maintain height can keep the fruits within easy reach for harvesting. And  a couple of as-yet-unnamed seedling varieties with black skins have that same creaminess to their flesh. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. A quirk we’ve found about the Mexican varieties is that here in North Florida, they seem to require shade from direct mid-day sunlight while they are young trees. These typically have somewhat less cold-hardiness than pure Mexican types, but more than the commercial varieties.). Damage temp: 25 ��� 26F Once established, the avocado tree is fairly tough. Avocado trees do not have bark to protect themselves from the intense sun and must be planted under shade. Many people got to see and taste “the avocado that fruits in Gainesville”, and the variety found its way into the nursery trade. 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