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Hi Oscar, this probably doesnt help but somewhere on Hawai'i is a guy called Jay Bost. He has written quite a few articles on this fruit and may have trees, He would possibly know of any mainland specimens.
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/6/1/99/pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjmkNCb-5HVAhWCE5QKHet3BtsQFgiAATAU&usg=AFQjCNGUVY4HiakxJRoBcdA901_394uK0Ahttps://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0024534/00001&ved=0ahUKEwiBo7ne-5HVAhXGGZQKHY33AmYQFggoMAM&usg=AFQjCNHSdB1x3EIXIqCiah5ufwuGP4yRsAhttps://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242235245_PERSEA_SCHIEDEANA_THE_COYO_A_POSSIBLE_ROOTSTOCK_FOR_AVOCADO_IN_SOUTH_AFRICA&ved=0ahUKEwiBo7ne-5HVAhXGGZQKHY33AmYQFggwMAY&usg=AFQjCNHWySDmDlQzL41JZx3lPXrAde5pzAhttps://m.facebook.com/jay.bost.94?fref=search
He may have fruiting trees.
Not sure but I have been told by a mutual acquaintance that he is a mad keen chucte fan.
Has anyone fruited chucte in Florida or California? Any photos?
Quote from: druss on July 18, 2017, 01:41:37 AMNot sure but I have been told by a mutual acquaintance that he is a mad keen chucte fan.I would think so given that he wrote his master's thesis on it, and writes articles with titles like:Persea schiedeana: A High Oil “Cinderella Species” Fruit with Potential for Tropical Agroforestry Systems
It will be interesting to compare the fruit from the seedling you have from Jay to Oscars one. I wonder if he took seed from the best quality fruit in his research. Im guessing the one at ucl the crfg are talking about is either g755A aka martin grande, a rootstock of Guatemalan x scheideana parentage or G875 a persea listed as probably not P. Americana . It is assumed to be a persea Hybrid as well. This paper has some neat tables showing the relations between the wild sp and cultivars. UCL did used to have P. Scheideana as well.https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/94/5/407/2187292/Microsatellite-Markers-in-Avocado-Persea-americana