Avocado Cultivars

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Cultivars


There are 2 categories of avocado’s, green and black-skinned cultivars. This is some of the cultivars we use in South Africa and what we will decide on to use for the nursery. We will use one cultivar from each green and black skin avocado trees to begin with and to diversify. We will begin as a licensed nursery that uses cultivars (with premission) to propagate and get a income to then later begin to use more avocado cultivars.


Green-skinned Cultivar
  • *FUERTE - It is green in colour with a thin waxy skin, which separates easily from the flesh. This fruit is available from March to July and is pear or ovoid shape. The Fuerte is an excellent quality fruit and has a rich creamy texture. The fruit stalk comes off easily when it is ripe.
  • *PINKERTON - It has a thick rough green coloured skin that remains green when ripe. This fruit is available from April to July and has a definite thickish neck as opposed to the other varieties. The thick skin does not yield to pressure. The taste of the flesh is sometimes slightly sweet.
  • *EDARNOL - It stays green coloured when ripe and the flesh has an excellent rich and nutty taste. The fruit is available from June to September and is characterised by a thick green coloured skin with small light brown speckles (lenticels). The skin shrivels at the stem end if picked when not fully mature.

Black-skinned Cultivar
  • *HASS - The fruit is available from May to October in South Africa and is ovoid shape with a rough green skin, which turns blackish-purple when ripe. The flesh has a creamy texture with a slightly nutty taste. Medium-sized fruit with good shipping qualities. Popular taste, heavy production and a tendency towards alternate bearing. The thick skin is an advantage when serving half an avocado as the flesh can be easily scooped out.
  • *GEM - The fruit is available from spring onwards, up to December/January. The Gem® is slightly ovoid in shape with a green skin, which turns blackish-purple when ripe. The flesh has a creamy texture with a superior taste. The relatively thick skin allows the flesh to be easily scooped out.
  • *CARMEN-HASS - Carmen®-Hass has green fruit that turns purplish-black and produces fruit of similar size to the Hass variety, but that matures about 4 weeks earlier than normal Hass. The cultivar also has the ability to produce a big portion of its fruit outside the normal Hass season. Carmen®-Hass is available from November to March.

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