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My first avocado harvest - New variety
« on: September 08, 2017, 12:19:33 AM »
This year is very fruitful and after the soursop,  also one of  my avocado seedlings fruited for the first time.
It blossomed last march at exactly 4 years of age, type A  flower.
It managed to set fruits llthough there were no other avocadoes flowering around  and about 10 fruitlets appeared a month later.
Only 5 of them made their way to maturity








Last sunday i harvested the first one.
I was obviously excited  :D

The speciman was 18 cm + of length (7 in. +)  weighing more than 770 g. ( 27 oz) quite HUGE|

 






After 5 days on kitchen counter  it got soft to touch its color turning from green to a deep red-violet
It lost about 8% weight during the ripening process











Skin is leathery and fruit is easily peeled by hands.
This is how it looked when i opened.





Seed is small (104g - 4 oz) and loose in its cavity







The taste is really delicious.
Surely one of the best tasting avocadoes i've tried in my whole life (i tasted avocadoes from several parts of the world including the popular HASS variety.
Texture is creamy, flavour is very full, deep,  with  slight nutty aftertaste, no hard portions, no small "rootlets" .
Chewing the flesh you've the feeling the whole mouth gets "kneaded" it's so far from many watery avocadoes i tried before.
Unfortunately i've no mean to measure the oil content and no picture can render the  taste.
I can confirm that, as well known, avocado does NOT come true from seed.
I still remember the fruit where i got the seed from and I can say that the seedling got just the taste and flesh color from its "mother" inheriting all other characteristics from the (unknown) father through cross pollination.

I'm sharing  this with alll members  being thankful for the many advices/hints/inspiration i got in this forum.
A particular gratitude to Carlos



« Last Edit: September 14, 2017, 09:41:55 PM by Lory »
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2017, 03:38:44 AM »
Congratulations, Lorenzo, that looks like a beautiful fruit.

This is very inspiring and encouraging news. Four years is not bad at all, I have some seedlings that are older than that and still quite small, but I am in a much colder climate.
I have no idea what the ratio is for avocado's since none of my seedlings have fruited yet, but I heard that around 1 in 4 should be a good one. Yours look definitely in a class above that, congratulations again!

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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2017, 08:01:55 AM »
Thank you!
Somebody said the best virtue of a fruit plants grower is PATIENCE and willingness to wait.
I tried to mix my plants in a "cocktail" of fast and slow bearing trees so that i can have some satisfaction form the first ones as i'm endlessly waiting for the others.
I've many trees that never flowered yet but this avocado is inspiring me and boosting my poor patience  :)
Anyway, without the many good advices of the members of forum i would have never been able to get it.
May i ask you? What part of Europe are you from?
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2017, 08:20:41 AM »
You've got yourself a great new variety, Lory.  Congratulations!
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2017, 10:05:38 AM »
Congrats!  Now.......if it really holds up name that bad boy, copyright it and make money selling the wood.

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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2017, 11:56:36 AM »
You can tell it has high oil content by that yellowish color.
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2017, 10:29:05 AM »
You've got yourself a great new variety, Lory.  Congratulations!

Thanks John!!  :)
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2017, 10:31:48 AM »
Congrats!  Now.......if it really holds up name that bad boy, copyright it and make money selling the wood.

Haha, if the variety will be confirmed so good in the next years i will be happy to share some budwood with other members of the frorum!
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2017, 10:34:08 AM »
You can tell it has high oil content by that yellowish color.

I think you're right, chewing it you've the sensation of having butter in your mouth.
Anyway, as a chemist, i'd like to have m curiosity to knowthe oil content and the fatty acids profile satisfied....but here it's just a dream  ;D
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2017, 04:25:28 PM »
Congratulations!  It's nice to know that you were able to get a good sized and tasting from your seed grown tree.  My seed grown tree off of a Reed set a heavy set of fruit this year for the first time, and if the wind and cold are not too harsh this winter I will be able to taste my new variety next summer.

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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2017, 05:25:49 PM »
Great looking fruit Lory! If it's got the goods in the taste department then name it :)

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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2017, 07:40:59 AM »
Congratulations!  It's nice to know that you were able to get a good sized and tasting from your seed grown tree.  My seed grown tree off of a Reed set a heavy set of fruit this year for the first time, and if the wind and cold are not too harsh this winter I will be able to taste my new variety next summer.

I wish you goodluck!
It's so exciting to harvest the first fruits from a seedling.
How old is your tree?
Good you've a heavy set of fruits, mine had just 5 of them i think mainly because of lack of pollination.
i've other avocadoes around but they are all young seeedlings not yet flowering.
Hopefully next spring things will change to better!
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2017, 07:49:53 AM »
Great looking fruit Lory! If it's got the goods in the taste department then name it :)


In Italy they say  " ogni scarrafone è bello a mamma sua"  meaning.... every little cockroach is beautiful in  his mother's eyes. but.....without being  presumptuous, having eaten the third fruit of this tree i can say without any doubt that this is the best tasting avocado i had in my life.
Texture is amazingly creamy, like a butter and flavour is so intense and pleasant.
Out of ref with a little brown sugar sprinkled on it it's like a delicous ice cream!
I've no idea how could i name it  :D
« Last Edit: September 10, 2017, 10:34:45 PM by Lory »
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2017, 11:08:09 AM »
Congrat's Lorenzo, on raising your own wonderful tasting avocado it is indeed very satisfying raising your own tree and getting it to fruit and have a wonderful fruit too!!! 8)

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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2017, 06:13:04 PM »
This avocado looks delicious, would love to try it someday and definitely put me down on the eventual budwood list. Curious have you ever tried the Reed avocado? I've had a couple and that was my personal favorite.

Congrats again, love to see new varieties being created by members!

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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2017, 10:46:07 PM »
Yes I tried the Reed and it's one of my favourites too!
I think this one has a lot in common with the Reed including the leathery skin and the creamy delicous deep gold flesh.
Maybe it's "father" was a Reed  ;D
Quality of fruit is really excellent but there are so many other important characteristis to consider to select a good variety, adaptability to soil, climate, polination, constant/alternate bearing behaviour..... i definitely need some more time to evaluate it better
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2017, 11:16:19 PM »
Lory, how many months was your fruit on the tree?
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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2017, 11:45:53 PM »




Here are a couple of pics from my tree grown from seed planted in December 2012.  I topped it a couple of times as it began leaning after some wind.  I think this is a seedling of Reed.


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Re: My first avocado harvest - New variety
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2017, 12:03:06 AM »
Lory, how many months was your fruit on the tree?

Tree flowered approximately first week of March. I harvested at the end of august so it's 6 months
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« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2017, 12:08:14 AM »




Here are a couple of pics from my tree grown from seed planted in December 2012.  I topped it a couple of times as it began leaning after some wind.  I think this is a seedling of Reed.


Dylan your tree is awesome! I love it's deep green thick and dense crown.
And such amount of fruits it's really  amazing!  :P
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« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2017, 12:46:37 AM »
Lory, how many months was your fruit on the tree?

Tree flowered approximately first week of March. I harvested at the end of august so it's 6 months

Thats quite fast.  If there are more fruits, you should let some go longer and see if it improves.   
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« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2017, 03:42:14 AM »
Yes that's quite fast.
First fruit I harvested when I noticed it stopped growing and the skin was no more shiny but getting a little bit more dull green.
The others i waited more, until some hint of dark read appeared on the top fruit.
I was scared at the idea they might fall down for the wind,  fruits are very heavy.
I still have one last fruit left on the tree and i'm waiting for it to turn definitely dark red before harvesting it.
Anyway, all the fruits I harvested ripened in 4-7 days in the kitchen
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« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2017, 01:34:35 PM »
I've no idea how could i name it  :D


The "Lorenzo" avocado.
Sunset 23/USDA 11a, Elev. 783', Frost free since 8,000 BC. Plagued by squirrels, gophers, and peafowl, but coming to terms with it!

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« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2017, 09:22:25 PM »
Haha I'm really thinking how t oname it, maybe MODENA as my native province name  :)
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« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2017, 11:56:59 PM »
Thanks.  I am hoping that the tree will hold its leaves and fruits to maturity.  This year has been really bad with Persea mites.  The Hass tree has dropped half of its fruits and leaves this year due to the mites.

Hopefully next year some of your other trees will begin to bloom and you will get larger fruit sets on your trees.

I should come up with a name for my new tree if it produces good fruit.  So far I call it Reed Seedling.





Here are a couple of pics from my tree grown from seed planted in December 2012.  I topped it a couple of times as it began leaning after some wind.  I think this is a seedling of Reed.


Dylan your tree is awesome! I love it's deep green thick and dense crown.
And such amount of fruits it's really  amazing!  :P