Carlos,
I have one fruit left hanging from the tree. I gave most fruits away to family and friends! The racoons and the opossums also had their fair share.
Adam, the tree is planted in a wide open area and no damage from the last winters, at all. So far, so good!
The skin is very thick and peels off extremely easy. The photo of the fruit cut, one can see that there is a small gap between the skin and the flesh. The flesh is already separating from the skin.
As a mentioned before, we need more time to determine if nishikawa is a viable alternative for commercial cultivation. However for the home planting, I say yes it is a fantastic choice.
I compared the nishikawa taste with the choquette taking into consideration that choquette will taste a little better towards the end of the season. Nishikawa is a 10 on a scale 1 to 10 and choquete is a good 3 or 4 maximum.
I have two (2) other Hawaiian avocado experiments going and one (1) from Puerto Rico. I will share my observations with this forum sometime in the future.
I friend of mine here is SW Florida told me that the myth that one could not grow Hawaiian avocados in Florida was spread all over Florida. Apparently, that fallacy became a "truth". I wonder why that myth was spreaded! Any thoughts or comments???