Brad,
Cool comparison. Thanks. If you could only grow Pinkerton or SirPrize, which would you keep?

I don't know?  Too hypothetical.  I wouldnt recommend either if someone can only grow one tree. 

Heres some side by side comparison of sir prize and pinkerton.  I like to do these side by side tests.  You can't really gauge the flavor profiles well without doing comparisons at the same time.  These are both great avocados.  The trees aren't the greatest growers but that may be because they both fruit so heavily they don't have energy to really grow well.  Fruit thinning or stripping would help here.

The sir prize fruit has a much softer skin and turns black on the tree while still hard.  The pinkerton has a thick hard green pebbled skin.  I really like the harder skinned types as the animals (mice and birds) can't see them as easy and can't peck or chew into them as easy.  The only downside is its harder to tell when to harvest the green skin fruits. 

Sir Prize is more creamy and soft where pinkerton is more dryish.  The pinkerton has a really strong avocado flavor.  Very nutty and straight forward flavor.  Excellet flavor.  Sir prize also is very good in the flavor department but does have a faint anise taste that I don't care for.  Sometimes I pick up the mexican anise flavor in hass also.  Its most apparent when the fruits are extra ripe.  Sir Prize has a better seed to flesh ratio but maybe not quite as good for pure taste.

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Quote from: spaugh on March 17, 2019, 01:24:56 PM

Thats quite the collection.  Where did you obtain all of these?  You sure they authentic?  Can you post some pics of the cuttings or the mother plants?

I believe they are authentic. I got some from THREE LITTLE MOUNTAINS from Philippine and Puerto rico. He has a huge farm. He showed me pictures of the actual fruit and plants from his farm. He has like 100+ varieties. Some very RARE. I took some risks buying and shipping to USA cause of phyto certificates requirement. All of the pictures he showed are from his farm and some can’t be found online.

Isis gold I bought them directly from Australia farm. I had to buy >10 cuttings for her to ship it to me. Those ISIS for sure are REAL.

Sounds like you scored some good DF cuttings.  I will send a pm  to order a couple.  Thanks for info and pics, they look good. 

Thats quite the collection.  Where did you obtain all of these?  You sure they authentic?  Can you post some pics of the cuttings or the mother plants?

Quote from: spaugh on March 14, 2019, 03:47:29 PM

Dragonfruit post!   

Wait, you're kidding right??   

What you don't want a dragonfruit post as the centerpiece of your front yard?   .  All your neighbors can admire the huge blooms.  At 2AM.   

Dragonfruit post!   

Looks awesome

Hi Brad, why are your grafts so far out on the branches???  you know it is going to be getting pretty hot AND BRIGHT SUNNY in your area soon.     Regards   Patrick

Patrick, I put them where they matched up diamter wise.  Then trimmed off extra branches to force energy to the grafted tips.  Now they are way out there, you are right.  Maybe it was a mistake?  I just want to save these here temporarily.  That entire tree will haveto be removed in a couple years. 

Yes, its going to be hot and sunny.  Should I tinfoil them?  I never really had a problem with scions in 80F sun to be honest.  The parafilm will keep them from getting dry. 

Brad, your young cados look so healthy!
I very much like the idea of setting up a "breaking in" area,
seems like you are an expert grafter/nurseryman now Brad!

Grand opening "Brad Spaugh" Nursery in view...? 

Thanks samu.  I really want to sell more grafted avocado and mango trees but to be honest its a huge pain.  The weather is too extreme here to make it worthwhile. 

Update on the trees.  Planted out in fall.  They are still very tiny but starting to grow.

Anyone like to take a guess on the chance of this being a Megalanthus cross? Red flesh fruit, no spikes, self pollinating. From Vietnam apparently.

It looks like polyrhizus.