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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wtb avocado scion zone 9b
« on: March 24, 2024, 12:56:23 PM »
Are you by porterville ? I don't have thoses on your list but I have others, grafted avo trees are 16 each and scions start at 5 dollars and up depending how rare it is.

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Is the tree grafted or are you saying it's producing fruit from a seed planted in the ground or with no graft ?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Avocado Scions wanted
« on: March 17, 2024, 10:54:57 AM »
In case anyone would rather trade than sell them , I have  BJ and gem and fuerte to trade, BJ is like a mexicola grande but it's double the size, it's a very large Mexican type so it's very cold hardy.

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I'm still looking for scions.

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The scions I'm trying to buy the most are types with fewest seeds maybe one or 2 inside fruit and a fruit with the largest amount of fruit inside not just tiny flesh and mostly just filled with seeds inside.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Avocado Scions wanted
« on: March 11, 2024, 11:43:22 AM »
Jack do you have any mayo avocado it also goes by the name cova-cado or some of the types that epicenter carry ?

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Wanted loquat scions of 2 or 3 different kinds, I'm in Fresno area if I'm close enough to drive let me know if not I will need them shipped message me what kind and how much

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Avocado Scions wanted
« on: March 10, 2024, 05:07:28 PM »
Great you have a lot I'm after, my sister might pick them up for me on coast if I can't get over there, your correct I have a narrow spring grafting window

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Avocado Scions wanted
« on: March 09, 2024, 12:09:06 AM »
Wanted avocado Scions, prefer to trade, interested in following Puebla, Stewart, Ardith, Bird avenue, Mayo, Maluma, Fuerte, Reed, Pinkerton let me know if wanting to trade or ? Prefer sourcing from inside California and they will be grafted in Fresno county or let me know if close enough to drive to get them.

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Kaz and others have been very helpful in tasting fruit and giving their thoughts about it , so my own conclusion is aravaipa is great for growing seeds up for rootstock and the cold hardyness of tree,as far as taste it doesn't sound that bad but no one says it's the best they have ever had or right up there with favorites, I don't like the short shelf life at 1 to 2 days must be eaten before it starts going bad, I have a grafted tree myself in the ground all I can say so far is it handles cold very well better than a bacon or zutano

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Looking for the most hardy type of mango trees that can handle cold temps in winter for Fresno county zone 9 , 28 to 30 degree is not uncommon for winter

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Wanted Loquat scions as cheap as I can find for Fresno area can possible pick up

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Looking for avo scions shipped to Fresno county or possible pick up, trying to get as cheap as I can find prefer under 5 dollar each but let me know cost per scion.also looking for Queen, Reed, cavo-cado, Lomalinda, mexicola,Nimlioh,hellen and some kinds that epicenter carry and any semi cold hardy type that has a longer hang time than mexicola also any large un named new types the can take cold a little better than a nabal,, I can also trade for gem scions or black johnsons

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is the best tasting avocado variety?
« on: October 09, 2023, 12:01:22 PM »
Epicenter did a blind taste test with many types Ardith won overall, I hardy hear of many growing Ardith, the one I really want to try the most is cannonball or monster as some call it , its very large with very thick skin , I want to also try Marcus  Pumpkin but seems very few are growing it yet in Cali.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is the best tasting avocado variety?
« on: October 09, 2023, 11:49:53 AM »
Fuerte is best tasting overall, for mild bacon is best, zutano also has high marks for mild non- nutty not over rich taste.As far as commercial goes I've seen gem beat out Hass on blind taste test.never had a sharwil or Nabal but many seem to rate thoughs high.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado thread
« on: October 03, 2022, 06:21:02 PM »
what is this its black on tree but with green specs

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado thread
« on: October 03, 2022, 06:16:54 PM »



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I wasn't aware shamus doesn't like avo seems odd he won't even taste his own avo trees he sells just to let customers know first hand his own opinion, good point ceejey on if there are different strains or not out there, it's just like other avos, Ardith deemed junk by Brad's post in which it won a taste test that epicenter put on,,, I'm coming to the conclusion only judge the taste grown off your own trees by your own taste buds picked the time and growing methods that person is using in their own orchards.

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Zone 8 on the fence I wouldnt do it,better off pursuing projects better suited for zone 7 or 8 kiwi grapes etc

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I don't know what Shamus has said the fruit taste like as he sells trees in AZ, maybe it's one of few avo trees that can handle extreme temps and that's the main reason it's sold,  in other words a so-so avocado is better than no avocado.

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Interestesting that's the worse taste report I've heard yet, odd they felt so different than video on YouTube saying fruit was great, as you said it might end up being a tree to use to grow avo rootstock I would like seeds also to try them and see if they are any better than the zutano or bacon seeds I use now.

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Thanks Kaz yes that's a better picture but a little hard to understand in picture which is mexicola and which is Aravaipa unless you can see the black skin of mexicola seems very similar amount of flesh on each, this seems to be the preferred avo planted in Phoenix area I'm thinking since it takes heat so well and could be a great seed to grow rootstock on so it does have some good points, I personally would grow it over mexicola.

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A fairly recent you tube video the grower said he liked the taste, I'm trying to get a few more opinions.Ive got some small trees but a long time before I will know first hand.

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Found this picture in internet the fruit seems on the small side with seed taking up flesh space.


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Now that Aravaipa been avail for several years who can report on fruit taste and good and bad of tree habits.cold and heat alternate bearing etc ?

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