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Looking for cold hardy avocado scions: Duke, Mexicola, Fantastic, Joey…
guillem:
Hello there
I am looking for some scions of cold hardy avocado cultivars to graft some Mexicola rootstock grown from seed. I live in 8b and I would be very grateful if someone could send be some branches of these cultivars:
* Fantastic
* Joey
* Poncho
* Lila
* Wilma (Brazos Belle)
* Mexicola Grande
* Winter Mexican
* Duke
* Mexicola
* Marcus Pumpkin
* Thompson RedI live in Europe (Spain) but I would pay the shipping cost in advance (PayPal or bank transfer…).
Thank you very much!!
swincher:
I have had good luck with getting cold-hardy avocado scions from Really Good Plants. It says under shipping info that you can't check out on their website for international orders, but to email them about it and they might be able to accommodate it.
I'd recommend their Royal-Wright variety along with Duke, maybe Aravaipa (vigorous tree, mediocre fruit quality). So far Royal-Wright is the one that has had almost 100% of grafts take, Aravaipa a close second. None of my Second Red grafts took, but it looks like that's not in stock anyhow. I just got my Duke scions this week so can't give success rates. Here's the blog post where they give descriptions and photos of the varieties they offer.
guillem:
--- Quote from: swincher on February 27, 2021, 10:51:36 AM ---I have had good luck with getting cold-hardy avocado scions from Really Good Plants. It says under shipping info that you can't check out on their website for international orders, but to email them about it and they might be able to accommodate it.
I'd recommend their Royal-Wright variety along with Duke, maybe Aravaipa (vigorous tree, mediocre fruit quality). So far Royal-Wright is the one that has had almost 100% of grafts take, Aravaipa a close second. None of my Second Red grafts took, but it looks like that's not in stock anyhow. I just got my Duke scions this week so can't give success rates. Here's the blog post where they give descriptions and photos of the varieties they offer.
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Thank you very much for this complete information swincher!! I will defintely contact them for these three varieties. I have you informed.
Flgarden:
Don't get Joey. I just killed it after wasting 8 years on it.
It was giving egg size avocados with large seeds. Impossible to peel purple thin skin that leaves purple marks on everything it touches. Taste wise I never got a good tasting one. My tree was grafted and from a reputable nursery
swincher:
--- Quote from: Flgarden on March 01, 2021, 10:32:33 AM ---Don't get Joey. I just killed it after wasting 8 years on it.
It was giving egg size avocados with large seeds. Impossible to peel purple thin skin that leaves purple marks on everything it touches. Taste wise I never got a good tasting one. My tree was grafted and from a reputable nursery
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All the cold-hardy varieties will have similarly thin skin that cracks/bruises easily, that's the main reason they aren't considered commercially viable, along with small size (other than a few like Duke and Mexicola Grande). Too bad about the flavor, I've heard others say it has one of the richest, creamiest tastes of any avocado. Wonder if maybe it varies a lot depending on soil conditions/rootstock?
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