Avocado Information Sheet

Name	A/B Type	Fruit Size	Fruit Color	Frost Sensitive Below	Ripens	Description
Bacon	B	10-12oz	Green	26	Dec-Mar	Creamy, buttery fleshed avocado with a mild flavor perfect for salads, slices, or spreading on toast. Medium-thin skin. Medium upright tree.
Carmen Hass	A	6-14oz	Black	32	Twice	Excellent flavor with two distinct crops a year. Medium-thick skin. Medium spreading canopy. Grows best long-term in ground.
Fuerte	B	10-12oz	Green	28	Nov-Jun	Excellent fruit quality. Medium-thin skin.Does not produce well near the coast.
Gwen	A	larger than 10-12oz	Green	32	Spring-Early Fall	Small limbed tree naturally grows to about 15 feet but can be kept smaller. Thick green skin turns dull green when fully ripe. Creamy gold-green flesh has nutty, buttery flavor with a small to medium seed. Bears in alternate years.
Holiday	A	18-24oz	Green	30	Oct-Dec	Highly productive tree that are relatively short and tend to weep as they grow. Fruit holds on tree well. Great for in ground or container growing.
Lamb Hass	A	10-16oz	Black	30	Apr-Nov	A precocious, high-yielding, late-season avocado with good quality fruit. Upright, compact growth. Cross between Hass and Gwen.
Little Cado	A	8-14oz	Green	32	May- Sep	AKA Minicado, Wurtz/Wertz Avocado. Great backyard tree 10-15 feet high. Good tasting fruit with medium-thin skin.
Pinkerton	A	14-16oz	Green	28	Nov-Apr	Rich and creamy texture with an irresistible nutty flavor. Heavy, early producer near coast and inland. Medium spreading tree.
Reed	A	12-18oz	Green	32	Summer-Late Fall	This creamy fleshed fruit has an excellent flavor that is rich, bold, and nutty. Medium upright tree. Softball-sized fruit has a deep green rind that is slightly pebbly in texture and easy to peel.
Sir Prize	B	10-20oz	Black	32	Winter	Large Avocado with a small Seed, buttery in texture with a rich nutty flavor. Slower to oxidize than other varieties. Upright tree.
Stewart	A	6-10oz	Black	20	Late Fall-Early Winter	Yellow fleshed fruit, rich and nutty in flavor with a hint of green around the edge where the fruit meets the skin. Spreading, strong tree. Thin skin.
Zutano	B	10-12oz	Green	26	Nov-Jan	Prized for their ability to pollinate our favorite A-Type varieties and still provide a tasty avocado in the off-season with a delicate light flavor. Medium-thin skin