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Avocado Bacon. A large Mexican variety with dark-skinned medium sized fruits, and a rich creamy flavor. It is very cold hardy, late-producing variety of Avocado tree with exceptional fruit.
Bacon Avocado is named after James Bacon, who developed it in 1954. It's a highly productive Avocado tree with a lovely upright and spreading habit. Its dark green, glossy leaves lend an attractive, tropical appeal to the 15-20 feet of height, so you won t want to miss having one of these in your yard.
The outstanding feature of the Bacon Avocado is its fruit. The oval fruits ripen in late fall and into spring. The fruits are easy to peel and have a light, subtle flavor that compliments almost any dish. Another outstanding feature of the Bacon avocado tree is its angelic sweeping branches which helps keep the tree shorter and easier to pick its fruit.
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Bernecker is a West Indian variety. Fruit is ellipsoid-spheroid; medium to large size, 14-22 oz, skin light green to green, smooth, flesh good to excellent quality; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested late July through August.
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Black Prince fruit is ellipsoid elongated, medium to large size, 16-36 oz, dark green, turning black when ripe, smooth to slightly pebbly. Oil content, 4-9%; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested mid-August to mid-September.
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Black Prince fruit is ellipsoid elongated, medium to large size, 16-36 oz, dark green, turning black when ripe, smooth to slightly pebbly. Oil content, 4-9%; seed medium size, tight in cavity; harvested mid-August to mid-September.
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Brogdon has red-purple colored pear-shaped fruit. Weight 7 to 15 Oz. Skin is very thin. yellow buttery flesh. Fruit ripens in late summer-fall. Very cold hardy. Good for Central Florida.
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Brogdon has red-purple colored pear-shaped fruit. Weight 7 to 15 Oz. Skin is very thin. yellow buttery flesh. Fruit ripens in late summer-fall. Very cold hardy. Good for Central Florida.
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Choquette is a late season favorite Florida avocado producing very large fruits.
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Choquette is a late season favorite Florida avocado producing very large fruits.
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Day avocado is green, smooth skin and is shaped like a club. The fruit is of very good quality and has a nice buttery consistency. The slender tree is very cold tolerant and produces July through September.
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Day avocado is green, smooth skin and is shaped like a club. The fruit is of very good quality and has a nice buttery consistency. The slender tree is very cold tolerant and produces July through September.
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Avocado Doni. A large tree with with smooth green fruits of medium size. It is relatively cold hardy, with a fruiting season from May-June.
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Avocado Doni. A large tree with with smooth green fruits of medium size. It is relatively cold hardy, with a fruiting season from May-June.
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The Ettinger avocado is a Type B avocado. Ettinger avocados are similar to Fuerte avocados, pear-shaped with smooth, thin, bright green skin, which does not peel easily, and pale green flesh. Ettinger avocados have a mild flavor. The Ettinger avocado tree is very vigorous, and as a heavy bearer of fruit it is often the most profitable variety of many orchards. The tree has an upright growing habit with little spreading. Mid-fall through early winter harvest time.
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Fantastic. Very cold hardy variety, supposedly the most most cold hardy of all avocados. Produces green, paper thin skin. The fruit has a creamy texture.
It survived temperatures around 10F near San Antonio, Texas (Zone 8b). Can take temperatures down to 15F for short period of time without significant damage.
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Fantastic. Very cold hardy variety, supposedly the most most cold hardy of all avocados. Produces green, paper thin skin. The fruit has a creamy texture.
It survived temperatures around 10F near San Antonio, Texas (Zone 8b). Can take temperatures down to 15F for short period of time without significant damage.
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The Hass (Haas) avocado is dark-colored with a rough and bumpy skin. Will turn black when ripe while other varieties remain green.
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The Hass (Haas) avocado is dark-colored with a rough and bumpy skin. Will turn black when ripe while other varieties remain green.
See avocado varieties chart. This is Florida Hass variety, which does well in hot and humid climate, unlike California Hass, which prefers dry climate

Avocado Fuerte, a dwarf and a very cold hardy variety. Green fruit, elongated. Fruiting size.
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Avocado Fuerte, a dwarf and a very cold hardy variety. Green fruit, elongated. Fruiting size.
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Fruiting size. HALL is a tasty pear shaped fruit, and the tree exhibits excellent tolerance to the cold.
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Hardee Red was the most important commercial varieties years ago. It has a shape of Russel, with elongated neck, but the color is intense red. Very productive tree, large size fruit, creamy taste. Very similar to Hialiah Red, Lara variety.
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Joey is very cold hardy variety, creamy, and compact - a must-have for growers in cooler zones. Joey is Type B avocado with creamy, nutty flavor and purple-black skin.
Discovered by Joey Ricers in Uvalde, Texas, Joey is a compact egg-shaped avocado that thrives even in cooler climates (surviving the teens to 20s F) and ripens from August to October. The fruit has smooth, thin, purple-black skin and rich, buttery flesh with a slightly nutty taste - perfect for guacamole or slicing.
Growing into a dense, upright tree reaching 10-25 ft, it's self-pollinating but pairs well with a Type A variety to boost yield.
A top choice for cooler subtropical regions and container gardens alike. Produces medium size, egg shaped purple-black fruit. It has excellent flavor. Heavy bearer.
It survived temperatures around 10F near San Antonio, Texas (Zone 8b). Can take temperatures down to 15F for short period of time without significant damage.
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Joey is very cold hardy variety, creamy, and compact - a must-have for growers in cooler zones. Joey is Type B avocado with creamy, nutty flavor and purple-black skin.
Discovered by Joey Ricers in Uvalde, Texas, Joey is a compact egg-shaped avocado that thrives even in cooler climates (surviving the teens to 20s F) and ripens from August to October. The fruit has smooth, thin, purple-black skin and rich, buttery flesh with a slightly nutty taste - perfect for guacamole or slicing.
Growing into a dense, upright tree reaching 10-25 ft, it's self-pollinating but pairs well with a Type A variety to boost yield.
A top choice for cooler subtropical regions and container gardens alike. Produces medium size, egg shaped purple-black fruit. It has excellent flavor. Heavy bearer.
It survived temperatures around 10F near San Antonio, Texas (Zone 8b). Can take temperatures down to 15F for short period of time without significant damage.
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This is a late fruit that has been around for a while, since the 1900 Originated in what is now Kampong Botanical Garden in Coconot Grove, Miami, Florida. The flavor of this fruit very nice, oily, nutty, reminds of almonds. it is creamy, has no fibers. At the same time it has solid consistency and if you cut a square it remains a shape of the square. It is recommended by Lara as the best Sushi Avocado! It taste great as appetizer when cut in squares with some shrimp cocktail sauce.
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Lila. Very cold hardy variety. Produces medium size, green fruit. Season: September-October. Don't confuse this variety with Lula, which is popular in Florida and used for rootstock (that one is cold hardy to only 25F).
It survived temperatures around 10F near San Antonio, Texas (Zone 8b). Can take temperatures down to 15F for short period of time without significant damage.
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