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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: fishygood on September 09, 2022, 12:01:16 AM
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Dont really see them much. I found some aravaipa avocados at homedepot in baldwin park and wanted to share info.
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Not a premium variety, are they?
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Look at my thread for idea on fruit size.its on small side, I will propagate some trees for resale but likey for thoughs in both high heat and very low cold temp areas.
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That is very strange that you found it at a big box store? The big hype came after there was a article the the CRFG-fruit gardner magazine many years ago and the best attripute was it's cold hardness in Arivipa valley in Arizona I believe it took me a few years before i was able to find scion wood for that variety. Never tasted fruit.
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My tree is small and has stayed small
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I have heard everything from all hype to it' just ok. Shamus O'leary and Jake Mace seem to have been their biggest cheerleaders. The one place I went to is Phoenix said it was just a Winter Mexican. Who knows. I still want one.
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I think i am in the same boat as everyone. I dont know much about it other than it is a hardy tree to exteme heat and cold. If anyone have one or has tasted the fruit from aravaipa please comment. I want to know about productivity, tolerance to root rot, and etc.
thanks again for all comments.
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My tree is small and has stayed small
I got an aravaipa direct from Arizona. It also grew very slow. I assumed because it was grafted in florida on florida rootstock. I grafted onto a mexicola grande and the graft took off. I am hoping it will fruit this coming winter.
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Here's some info from Marta's review of it.
https://fruitsandgardening.blogspot.com/2020/03/cold-hardy-avocados-for-sacramento.html
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Tasted like a Hass to me. The one I tried the fruit from was a vigorous producer. The main draw for them out here seems to be less about taste and more that they're tanks; they can stand up to crazy temps, appear to be okay with
the saline solution they call tap-water out here water from the Salt River, and recover from very hard pruning/ storm damage/ dinosaur attacks relatively well.