The Tropical Fruit Forum

I just can't jump on the hype bandwagon. Sounds like last year was the first year the tree was observed to have awesome April/May fruit in August.  Would like some conformation it is atleast a waterbomb in April before I spend some hard earned money on it.

Unfortunately, factual, authoritative information is not Fruitful Trees' strength.  He's not Richard Campbell, Jonathan Crane, Gary Zill, or Alex Salazar.  EVERTHING needs to be taken with "a grain of salt."

Quote from: johnb51 on September 20, 2024, 01:03:39 PM

He's also grafting and selling an avocado from Puerto Rico called Tito.  It's supposed to have a rich flavor along the lines of Hass or Oro Negro, but I don't think we know how well it grows and produces in SoFlo as it's a new introduction.

Is Tito the same as the Bumpy Avocado "Bumpycado" that got hyped up this year? I got a 3g Bumpy tree from Julian and on the pot, written in chalk, was "Tito".

No, it's different.

Quote from: Lets Mangoooo on April 24, 2025, 07:58:09 AM

Has anyone been able to make it out to Trek to verify the hype?

I can verify that I am hyped!

UF/IFAS TREC.  You don't count unless you've gone there. 

Ugh!  So far I haven't seen much intelligence in AI!

Reed is the best late summer for CA growers.  No doubt.

Pinkerton is hit and miss.  At first it seemed good but now my 10 year old trees are small and sometimes the fruit don't ripen well after picking.  But I may be waiting too long.  Sharwil is the same season and I prefer it or Hass over Pinkerton.

Do you think Sharwil could be grown commercially in CA?  Not at major scale, but for a niche, boutique market?

Simmonds tree.  Filling in at the center, as I was hoping.  Fruit set.









Monroe tree.  Fruit forming for next winter.

@madininaNYC1 are those the first ripe fruits? Or potentially hangover from last season (meaning it's more a late variety rather than a super early variety)?

Would seem to be the case.

My neighborhood tree has set fruit.  I'm pretty sure it's Mauritius.  Also, next door to my son's house in WPB there's a tree that's loaded.  I haven't talked to the owner yet, so I don't know what it is.  But when the fruit is ripe, we'll be knocking on his door!  1/3 of the tree extends over the proper line.  I understand that by FL law the fruit still belongs to him.

Quote from: johnb51 on April 14, 2025, 09:20:03 PM

Quote from: JR561 on April 14, 2025, 05:56:55 PM

No clue on the brix but for late season the flavor is great.

Only problem is how fast it goes bad from there.

Could you clarify what you mean by "how fast it goes bad?"

A day or two after it ripens.

Gotcha.  So you can't even keep them in the fridge.  Definitely a negative feature for Little Gem.

Walking around neighborhoods here in Miami, I've noticed a lot of older/big trees without much fruit (if any). These had plenty of fruit last year. I'm wondering if it's something with the variety or trees. Has anyone else noticed that?

Alternate bearing.

No clue on the brix but for late season the flavor is great.

Only problem is how fast it goes bad from there.

Could you clarify what you mean by "how fast it goes bad?"

Quote from: johnb51 on April 13, 2025, 04:01:38 PM

Is there any reason why the variety would come true to seed, or do we just keep our fingers crossed that it's similar enough?  By the way, it looks spectacular. 

HI John, mine was from seeds too, received them from Mike T, I guess because is a line that has been through several generations most probably will keep most of the characters of the fruit

Gotcha.  Sounds good.

Lots of folks with avocado trees out there, many in full sun presumably.  I'll take any anecdotal reports!  Alex, you grow a lot of different avocados.