I was lucky enough buy a sad two branch grafted tattered tree from HD at a discount 15 years ago and planted it in a neglected corner of my yard and now I know (from your videos) that I have a Steward and a Pinkerton fruiting tree. I had no ideas what they were but am grateful as I have never encountered them in the store. I cherish and gift them to my good friends and family. Nature's gold. Thanks for these videos.
Avocados have their own world, they are one of my favorite. We are growing a reed [2 year old so far] besides 8 citrus trees in our backyard. We love it!
It's a shame that stores only carry Hass. But to answer your question, I grow many varieties in my yard and my friends grow even more varieties and share with me.
Hi Hector, I'm just up in the hills of Ramona. In Escondido you can grow all of the best avocados. You are in the right place. Your land space and interests are the limits! But to give you some ideas: gregalder.com/yardposts/whats-the-best-kind-of-avocado-to-grow/ gregalder.com/yardposts/avocado-varieties-for-year-round-harvest/
I love certain avocados. there's one that I love but only get them at times it comes from the Dominican Republic. Some have planted here in Puerto Rico.and they give my husband. It's real buttering. delicious. I have 2 avocado plants. They both taste the same, but the smaller one avocado is very resistant. the avocado and I would love to do something like that. Great video
Have you done your profile on the Carmen avocados yet? I've watched some of the other profiles but haven't seen one on the Carmen yet. You mentioned you might do this.
Didn’t realize how many varieties of avocados; you explained this really well, thank you. I live in the North east part of the US, and we are exposed to Hass avocados and were told Hass is the best, now I understand differently.
Hi Greg, I live in Montebello, Southern California. I was considering purchasing from Florida a Simmonds and a Choquette. Do you have any experience with these types? Thanks.
Hi Greg, what is your thoughts on the most cold hardy tastey Avocado variety? Where i am located i can get as low as 20F or -5Degrees for a few weeks in winter. I have read that the Bacon is frost tolerant but i would prefer something more nuttier tasting like the Hass, cheers.
If you live in zone 9 it shouldn’t be a problem to grow any avocado variety. Just protect them for the first few years and plant in the proper microclimate
I have a tree that gives two varieties. One is large, round and green with high water and sweet tasting. The other seems like a hybrid of the first with Hass. It has thin skin, small seed, dark green skin, nutty and sweet. I wonder what type it is.
Hi Lance, No, I haven't grown any of those types. If you're in California, you might be able to find fruit of criollo avocados from Mexico somewhere. Just a guess.
Now how did you store them? The other struggle hahaha! I wait till squishy and stick in the fridge. I’ve prolly ate 50 now and still mess up sometimes HA
Wow. Amazing avocado. I bought a so big avocado in america. It is totally a green.and smooth ball -- nearly as big as a football. It is so big thus me, my parents and my uncle try our best to eat it in a meal but we failed. After i return to my country i can't find such a big and round avocado in any market in my country. I watch your video and learn so much. So, is the big green ball-shape avocado we bought in america a kind of "florida avocado"? We bought this big avocado from a small market beside a farm in America. It may come from America farm and is not a mexico avocado.
Hi Greg , love the info! Looking for your advice. I live in inland oceanside, vista border. I’m looking to eat avocados all year round with my family. I am looking to add either a holiday or a jan Boyce to my collection. I have fuerte, reed, gem, Sharwill, lamb, and a Carmen Hass. All mostly young trees. We are all about trying to get the best tasting fruits, but again looking to harvest year round. We thought adding the jan Boyce was best BUT I see your harvest chart indicates the holiday may be best because of its harvest season. Your thought? I only have room for 1 more tree in the ground but lots of room for a container tree, I just feel ground planting is better.
Hi Rich, Thanks! You'll have the year pretty well covered by those varieties, especially if you get an off-bloom on your Carmen. I wouldn't bother adding Holiday. Check out this post I wrote about varieties for a year-round avocado harvest: gregalder.com/yardposts/avocado-varieties-for-year-round-harvest/
Hi William, A friend has a tree. I don't have a Puebla tree myself. I wasn't sure if I should even bother doing a video on it since the variety is nearly extinct, but I decided to do it just for historical fun.
@@gregalderdotcom I am glad that you did a video profile on it since there isn't a lot of information readily available on this variety. I am on the lookout for a source of budwood so if you come across a source please let me know.
I live in a cold country where we can only get imported avocados and they're often really bland. I've only seen 2 varieties here, I'll see if I can get another type.
I was wondering where to get some of the less common varieties like Janice Boyce and Helen online. I am in the central valley of California. I really like this channel.
if I saw this before I got my Hass I'd have gone looking for a sharwill to grow, love the yellow creamy flesh good size to seed ratio and definitely a fan of scooping and a nice oily nutty more dense flesh. Going to look up and see about getting me one, maybe I'll grow it in a container. Thanks Greg.
It's also a type B, if it grows well in a container then I'm definitely going to get one. I found a nursery in Fallbrook that regularly sells them, woohoo always looking for a reason to get another tree :D
We have an avocado tree in our backyard and I don't know which variety is it. Our neighbor's avocado tree is different from ours, theirs is a lot smaller and elongated the fruit size varies.
The Bacon was named not for its flavor but for James Bacon who originally cultivated this popular avocado in California in 1954. What if an avocado were called "Big Seed and Kind of Watery"? I don't mind the fibers in avocados. What I don't appreciate are the massive zones of gray flesh in supermarket avocados from overseas on sale!
Although i love Hass and Mexican avocados, I also love carribbean avocados. I'm half puerto rican and dominican so I grew up eating those really big green avocados. They have a bit of a sweet taste to them compared to the creamy Mexican avocado.
Hey Greg, I was Home Depot today and was looking at their fruit trees. They had Jan Boyce avocado trees from La Verne Nursery. Who would of thought they would have such a hard to find avocado tree variety for sale.
Here in Oz we don't get variety. 80% of store avocados are Hass and 10% Shepards (when Hass is out of season) They can get quite expensive too even tho we grow them. Then again everything in Oz is getting stupid expensive as we go down the gurgler...
I love hass so much. There is also a dominican variety that is delicious. Can't stand florida avocado or any big watery avocado. I like them fleshy and not watery. I also had a huge variety that was kind of sweet but not sure name of variety
The big ones from Peru are the best i`ve tasted. They are $3 each now here in Norway so not too much guacamole love on this chap even though it`s the food of gods.
@@gregalderdotcom Well i have no idea about the brand names. All the shops usually just call them out by their country of origin and nothing more. There`s usually two or three types to choose from. The smaller ones i think are from Mexico or Colombia. I have seen some from Kenya once but the ones from Peru are found most places and are much better than the smaller mexican ones but rather expensive since they never are sold by the pound but rather individually. Just think of a big apple or big pear. What i can say is the prices seem to go up and down a little bit but rarely on sale. I would usually buy four or five if making guacamole and`s that`s a lot of money to spend. The peruvian ones are usually ripe or close to when they hit the shops so could help explain the price and taste. I never liked Avocado bare but i think it`s wonderful as guacamole which is a bit ironic. Tip of the day, try adding two types of salt to your guacamole to get a little more taste into it. Rock salt and table salt ;-)
Love avocados....l just wish l can find the name of a dwarf tree thats suitable for planting in pots. Yet to find a nursery in my area that sells anything but normal big trees 😌
Hi Vrinda, The fruit? I don't know of anyone currently selling the fruit in California. I do know of a few farmers that have Sharwil planted and plan to sell them within the next few years. The tree? Sharwil trees are becoming more widely available. Subtropica Nursery in Fallbrook stocks them consistently, and La Verne Nursery has started to sell them a bit recently. See my article here for contact info on Subtropica and La Verne: gregalder.com/yardposts/where-to-buy-an-avocado-tree/
Thanks, James. Three ideas: Ask on the Tropical Fruit Forum; buy a tree at Atkins Nursery; buy a tree at Green Scene (if it happens this year). But you might have extra trouble finding Gillogly. If you have no luck and still really want it, let me know.
The best avocados I have eaten are from Florida. They have amazing variety and they aren't as fattening as the California and Mexico varieties. I don't recommend them for guacamole but they go great with Caribbean Latin dishes.
Which avocado compares to taste and texted off a hass ? I feel the hass has more flavor and a creamy texture than any other avocado. Larger avocado tend to have a higher amount of water in them.
Hi Wilson, I wish I did but Maluma is not yet available in California except to a few select commercial farmers. Looking forward to trying it out though.
Now mexico is producing do much the quality is always excellent with lower prices at least in florida. 10 years ago avocado were constant rotten in store in nyc I stopped buying them. But I'm sure the young plantings since then matured. I can't get enough
Ill eat And enjoy any avocado, never tasted an avocado I didn't like never tasted a variety from west indian, strings don't bother me, although I've not tasted very many different varieties , Nor the rare ones never sold in stores, some I've tried are hass, some delicious bigger ones from Peru (walmart), the ones on sale at walmart, aldis, and Rio ranch market they never put the name/type in the stores, ive tried bacon, stringy so called nasty watery zutano even tasted delicious, mexicola, Mexicola grande, wurtz the only avocado I didn't like was an avocado that remained hard after ripening whatever you call those that taste like rubbery when ripe? It would be really fun to taste all varieties at the same time altogether but that's impossible because of differing ripening times ; there is no consensus on the best avocado variety because of imperfect ripening; ripening at temperatures much above or below 70 affects taste, store bought vs home grown, timing of picking the fruit, good varieties also get bad rap because they are grown in unsuitable growing conditions.
Its a pity that the giant avocado tree in my backyard yields a type that isn't very good. The skin of the type in my backyard is very smooth...like zucchini or squash
Good reviews bit I feel like bacon is often miss reviewed. Early season bacon are watery and not that good, mid season bacon are good but nothing to write home about, HOWEVER, late season bacon will rival any avocado out there with its own creaminess and flavor. I grew up with bacon, reed, and hass in Fallbrook, CA so I've made the comparison many times with some of the best of those varieties. That said, reed is still my favorite.
Hi Ivan, I agree with you about Bacon. If you let them hang until they start getting cracks on the bottom, they taste great and are not watery at all. The flavor is good but remains different from Fuerte and Hass. Bacon never gets their type of flavor, but it has a very pleasing flavor of its own, which tastes a bit sweet and fruity to me. To your point, one year a bunch of folks got together in early May to compare avocados and everyone was surprised at how much they liked Bacon -- and this was compared to all of the best varieties you can think of.
Too much different breeding of the black avocado...but the Puebla avo taste so rich and nice hate the strings 2nd the West Indian avocados u cannot eat it from US stores because they taste like sugary water 🤮 they only taste good when u pick it off the tree in the West Indies/Florida. Great review btw
we’re looking for something medium tree in size for a backyard not to big. something that max fruits.and something that not so spoiled like females are that need all kinds of special attention, something we can just set it and forget it. Water once a week Lol😮😂
And hass varieties exist more than one, hass carmen, hass Méndez more small and round and new hass tres Marías more in pear shape all those 3 plus regular hass are certified only for USDA to enter United States
Hi Jesus. True. There are lots of mutations of Hass. It's an old variety that has been grown around the world so it has had lots of opportunities to make natural mutations. The one you call Tres Marias, is that the same as the one also called Flor de Maria or Alvarez?
Oh, thanks. I've only heard of Flor de Maria. I've never actually seen the trees or fruit. They're more pear shaped? I hear the trees are also more productive.
@@gregalderdotcom no actually is more rounded shaped than regular hass, it flowers earlier and it's season is larger than hass also is less erratic than hass or el fuerte (yielding more uniform yearly) el fuerte is one year good yield and next year not so
