Yesterday, finally bought the 'Choquette' avocado variety. I'm trying to fill in the South-Florida Winter-Avocado-Void (S.FL-WAV). I've heard from reliable sources that it's a bit bland, but I can't be too picky during the S.FL-WAV. Besides, the 'Choquette' is known to consistently produce lots of large sized avocados!
I wish the process of purchasing this avocado variety had gone down more smoothly. Briefly, this is what happened:
Day before yesterday, I was looking to purchase a 3 gallon 'Choquette,' from a reputable nursery (un-named) in Miami-Dade County, all to lower the chances of propagating/getting the 'beetle-fungus' avocado disease that's been in the news lately. So, I 'call'm' up & a person tells me that 'yeah, we got'm but their roots need to strengthen.' After making my plea, 'person' says 'OK,' but we still have to charge full price,' & I say OK.
Yesterday, before leaving go get the 3 gal. 'Choquette,' I call the same employee, who then says, 'OK' ask for me when you get here.' When I got there, I was shown a quantity of about 100 'Choquette' avos., 3 gal. each, and then told they had all just been sold to one individual; disappointing doesn't begin to cover it. Lesson Learned: Buy the fruit tree the same day they say they have it. Then, trying to save the situation, I called an acquaintance who owns a nearby nursery, who confirmed they had 5? gal. 'Choquette; this nursery is 'nice people,' but less reputable. I went home & planted the much larger tree. While I was planting it, I noticed it had ~3 tiny avocados on it.
I hope luck is on my side, that (1) the tree doesn't have the 'beetle-fungus' disease and (2) that the variety is indeed 'Choquette.' That's one 'if' too many.
In conclusion, there is a lot of demand for avocados, especially during this time period of the year that we're in right now, the South-Florida Winter-Avocado-Void (S.FL-WAV).