Updated avocado list, with new avocado cultivar, 'Fujikawa,' that could fill the S. FL Winter Avocado Void (SFL-WAV)
1 Sharwil
2 Fujikawa
3 Fuerte
4 Jan Boyce
5 Yamagata
Carlos, I looked into the Fujikawa Hawaiian avocado that you mentioned (Nice find!). It has quality specifications that show potential fo fill the 'SF-WAV.'
In some places it said that the Fujikawa has a small seed and in other places they say it has a medium sized seed. Although I prefer a small seed, a medium sized seed is in my opinion, not a deal breaker, since it has to be taken in consideration with other specs. of fruit quality and ripening period.
February 13, 1979
Fujikawa avocado (by Warren Yee; University of Hawaii)
The Fujikawa is a Guatemalan type seedling planted by the late Satomi Fujicawa at Honaunau, Kona. It is very heavy bearer with fruits of good cold storage keeping quality. Fruit characteristics: form, almost spherical; weight, 1 ¼ - 1 ½ pounds; color, green; skin, medium thick and slightly rough; seed, small; flesh, light yellow; flavor, rich and nutty; season, February to May. Oil content, 16.7 – 27 percent.
Organization for Tropical Studies (2004)
'Fujikawa', `Hass', `Pinkerton' and `Guatemala' attained a production of 700 fruit per tree.
The 'Fujikawa' variety had the largest mean fruit weight with 348.8 g.
There were large differences between varieties for pulp flavor, only five varieties ('Fujikawa', `Pinkerton', 'Kahalu', `Hass' and 'Fuerte') showed the best flavor, the rest of the varieties had a lower pulp flavor. From the studied characteristics, it is possible to conclude that additionally to the `Hass' and 'Fuerte' varieties, three good genotypes (Pinkerton, Fujikawa and Kahalu) were distinguished with high potential to be grown commercially under an agroforestry production system.