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Henk van Niekerk sounds pretty dutch to me. I would like to try their new cado, i bet it is true what they say, better then a hass.
New varieties, new varieties from everywhere! And the consumer isn't confused?
Quote from: msk0072 on January 25, 2014, 01:19:43 PMNew varieties, new varieties from everywhere! And the consumer isn't confused? No. He's smarter than you think!
Yep south africa but they all have origin dutch names, i guess they are (family of) emigrants from Holland.We can't have enough improved fruits! And it's about time the Ozzy's get better variety's because the Hass is also locally grown in Thailand these days and much cheaper then imported cado's.
That 'Maluma' avocado looks perfect, prolific fruit production, larger than a 'Hass,' with better quality flesh than a 'Hass,' and the smallest stone, flesh/seed ration, that I've ever seen on an avocado, I can't think of anything else that I would ask for, other than for the 'Maluma' to be available where I'm at, Miami, FL USA.
Look forward to seeing it in California some day, if only in the commercial orchards and grocery store. Sidenote: SA was a Dutch colony for a long time. Believe the Dutch have been there for >350 yrs.
I was at an Agricultural expo today, and one of the speakers from Peru , gave a presentation, one of the varieties they are planting commercially now, is the Maluma.It seems someone patented this variety, for commercial use, ( was told it was US$1.50 per tree ) this is what I know, it is much larger than the Hass, has thicker skin, very productive, but most important, it grows well in low lands, they planted their trees in the desert, in what is basically sand. ( fertigation ). his presentation was more focused on quality control and certifying all parts of the production and planting process. but highly recommended this variety. he also mentioned it has some salt tolerance and could handle alkaline soils. I recorded the presentation and will have it up sometime in the next week or so. So just wondering if anyone experimented with this in Florida. http://www.avocadosource.com/WAC8/Section_02/ErnstAA2015.pdfhttp://www.agroforum.pe/agro-noticias/palta-maluma-busca-ganar-terreno-peru-y-espana-11503/