Avocado Variety List

Avocado variety list

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.

How many different varieties of avocados are there?

There are over 500 varieties of avocado that are different in size, texture, shape, and maturity rate.

What are the different varieties of avocado?

11 Types of Avocados

Hass Avocado.
Wurtz (Little Cado) Avocado. ...
Bacon Avocado. ...
Fuerte Avocado. ...
Pinkerton Avocado. ...
Reed Avocado. ...
Stewart Avocado. ...
Zutano Avocado.

Is Hass avocado Type A or B?

Hass avocado trees are type A, meaning that they flower from February through May. When the flowers first open in the morning, they are female until they close in the afternoon. The following afternoon, they reopen as pollen-producing male flowers. So, Hass avocado trees can be categorized as somewhat self-pollinating.

What is the easiest avocado to grow?

Hass Avocado Tree This tree provides you with a plentiful supply of creamy Hass avocados throughout most of the year, making it an easy choice. Regardless of whether your Hass Avocado Tree grows indoors or outdoors, you can watch it grow anywhere in your home.

What is the rarest avocado?

Maluma Avocados The ultra-rare variety also sports one of the most beautiful coverings in the avocado world, growing a skin that registers as a lovely dark purple, albeit with a bumpy, lumpy texture that leaves a bit to be desired.

Which avocados are healthiest?

No matter their hue, eating both black and green avocados provide multiple health benefits, including: Acting as one of the best "nutrient boosters" by enabling the body to absorb more fat-soluble nutrients in foods that are eaten with the fruit, such as alpha- and beta-carotene.

Are Reed or Hass avocados better?

Reeds are creamier and denser than Hass avocados—to me they tasted slightly less oily and less nutty. And most importantly, at their size, one Reed will make you a lot of avocado toast. Look for them starting late summer and into fall, and you won't be sorry.

What are Florida avocados called?

There are up to fifty different avocado varieties in Florida! Locals in Florida used to call avocados “alligator pears” because of their dark green, bumpy skin. Avocados are an excellent source of fiber, folate, potassium and vitamins C, E and K. They also have the highest protein content of any fruit.

What is the difference between Florida avocado and Hass?

Florida avocados are the larger, smooth-skinned choices. California avocados sold in supermarkets are the Hass variety, and are smaller and have a pebbly skin that turns from green to a purplish-black when ripe.

What kind of avocado is sweet?

Named after James E. Bacon, who first grew them in California, Bacon avocados boast a supremely buttery and smooth texture. Subtly sweet and mellow in flavor, its light yellow flesh is delicious on sandwiches and in salads and enhanced with a squeeze of lime and dash of salt.

Why are Florida avocados different?

The biggest difference between a Hass avocado and a Florida avocado comes down to calories; Florida avocados are lower in fat and therefore have an overall lower calorie count. This may sound like a no-brainer, but Florida avocados are much milder in flavor due to their lacking in fat content.

What is a #1 and #2 avocado?

We have a #1 and a #2. The grade is based on external factors only: uniformity of shape, consistency of color, and lack of scarring. As you can see here, the #1 avocados have fewer scars; whereas, the #2 avocados have more scaring. This is an example of #2 avocados, and as you can see, the skin has more scarring.

Do you need two avocado trees to bear fruit?

Pollination Avocado Trees are self-fertile, so you don't have to have another tree for fruit. But if yours is growing indoors, it's beneficial to shake the tree a bit to spread the pollen, since you will have no bees or wind to do it for you.

Do avocado trees need a lot of water?

Most avocado roots stay in the top six inches of soil, which can dry out quickly. Newly planted trees may need water two to three times per week their first year. Mature avocado trees need water equal to about 2 inches of rainfall or irrigation each week during summer.

How many years do avocado trees take to fruit?

It takes about 4-5 years for an avo tree to start producing fruit anyway so it's certainly not a short term thing even with a proper seedling. So if you really want to grow your own tree at home, the best thing to do is go to a local garden centre and buy a grafted seedling.

What is the most productive avocado tree?

Pinkertons are very productive, especially considering that they are a smaller tree, and like Fuerte, Pinkertons also mature a bit earlier than Hass. The main negative is that, to me, Pinkertons don't taste quite as good as Fuertes. (Not that Pinkerton avocados aren't delicious though.

Which avocado tree grows the fastest?

Hass Avocado TreePersea americana 'Hass'

You can save money on expensive, store-bought fruits that won't come close to the fresh flavor of home-grown Hass Avocados.
This Avocado Tree is fast-growing, reaching its mature height in no time.

Why are we not buying avocados anymore?

The U.S. suspended avocado imports from Mexico after a USDA inspector received a threat — highlighting the violence and criminal influence over the supply of the fruit.