Illia, I must say that I adore my 'Rosy-Gold' mango tree. It bears my first mangoes of the year, and I'm trying to somehow trick it to start bearing fruit earlier, in February (that would be great!).
To me, this mango cultivar is an 'institution' in my yard.
Also, I'm curious, maybe you've seen something that I've missed. Which avocado variety are you referring to whose fruit mature throughout all winter? It sounds like the Winter-Avocado-Void (
WAV) Holy Grail. And, thank you for your kind words, I'm glad this thread is to your liking. Many of us on this thread make an effort that it provides usefull "Mango and/or Avocado 24/7" information.
Lula should be listed late October onward to late January, early February
Zands, you're correct, the 'S.FL-
WAV/ACCT List' will reflect the 'Lula" avocado fruit maturity season. Also, I'm in Zone 10b in Miami, FL, USA, and I've noticed that the further South you go, the longer the fruit stays on the 'Lula.' As I've mentioned before, I picked the last fruit off a 'Lula' avocado tree this year around the 10th of March!
Johnb51, thank you for mentioning those good techniques for getting the most out of 'Lula', the 'workhorse' of avocado cultivars.
CTMIAMI, that's exactly how the 'Lula' that I just mentioned above to Zands, behaved this year (full of fruit in February). I guess I've been taking it for granted that it would behave the same way next year, we'll have to wait and see, keeping my fingers crossed. But, based on the 'Lula's' reputation, my bet is that it'll do a repeat.
A thought just came to mind (if it's doable), maybe crossing the 'Lula' with another quality avocado cultivar, will produce an even more formidable new avocado cultivar, it's been done with mangoes!
Mark in Texas, thanks for that quoted, very informative description, of the behavior of 'Lula' avocado in Texas, that Dr. Julian Sauls sure knows about avocados.
The updated 'South-Florida
Winter-Avocado-Void/Avocado-Cultivars-Cocktail-Tree List' ('S.FL
WAV/ACCT List'):
1 Janurary: Monroe,
Lula2 February:
Lula, Don-Carlitos (per CTMIAMI: alternate bearer?)
3
March: Don-Carlitos (per CTMIAMI: alternate bearer?)
4
April: ?
5
May: Wurtz?
6 June: Doni, Simmonds (per CTMIAMI: Doni & Simmonds taste better in July)
7 July: Doni, Simmonds, Catalina
8 August: Catalina, Simmonds, Miguel
9 September: Catalina, Bacon, Miguel
10 October: FL-Hass,
Lula, Bacon
11 November: FL-Hass,
Lula, Oro-Negro
12 December: Monroe,
Lula, Oro-Negro
"Watch" List
We're in the process of confirming that at least one (or more) of the following avocado cultivars, will fill in the 'SFL-WAV' months of March, April and May:
Group 1: 'Sharwil', 'Fujikawa', 'Utuado', 'Jan-Boyce,' ‘Reed,’ ‘Green-Gold,’ ‘Linda,’ 'Fuerte' and 'Wurtz.'
Group 2: ‘Winter-Mexican’ and ‘Winter-Mexican-Seedling’ (per CTMIAMI: that should be good for February and Early March). Also,
Group 3: ‘Don-Carlitos,’ ‘Vero-Beach’ Avocado and ‘Cellons’ Avocado.
Group 4: Hawaiians like, ‘San Miguel,’ ‘Kalahuu,’ ‘Malama,’ ‘Muragishe-Plus.’ And,
Group 5: Californians like, ‘Gwen,’ ‘Santa-Ana-Hass,’ ‘Lamb-Hass,’ ‘Sir-Prize,’ and ‘Holiday.’