FLORIDA AVOCADO 


VARIETIES 


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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer SeNices 


Division of Fruit & Vegetables 

Florida Avocado Varieties 

Carlos F. Balerdi, Jonathan Crane, lan Maquire, Jack McCarley, 


Brenda Owens and the University of Florida 


Carlos F. Balerdi, Ph.D. in Horticulture- Extension Agent Ill, Tropical Fruits, 

Miami/Dade Coop Extension Service, Homestead , FL.; Jonathan Crane, 

Ph.D. in Horticulture - Tropical Fruit Crop Agent, University of Florida 

Tropical Research & Education Center, Homestead, FL.; Jan Maquire, 

Media Artist - Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, 

Florida; Jack McCarley, Supervisor - Homestead District, Division of Fruit & 

Vegetables, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; 

Brenda Owens, Administrative Secretary, Division of Fruit & Vegetables, 

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 

Special thanks to the University of Florida for providing some of their 

copyright pictures. 

Edited by Robert Spann & William Norrell, S.E. BIQMS Program Managers, 

USDA. 
CUL TIVAR CHARACTERISTICS 

Size Shape Stem Attachment 

Skin Pulp Seed 

Season Others 

Size: 	 Small 14 oz. or Less 

Medium 15 oz. or 20 oz. 

La.rge 21 oz. or larger 

Shape: Oval Surface: Smooth 

Round Rough 

Pear Ridges or •nbs" 

Speckled 

Stem 

Attachments: Centered; offset 

Thin, medium, thick, cone 

Skin: 	 Dark green, green, light green 

Soft - green, purple, black, red 

Pulp: 	 Deep yellow, yellow, greenish yellow 

Fibers- none, dark 

(The pulp thickness is based on the size classification 

of the seed) 

Seed: 	 Large, medium, small, 

loose, moderately tight, tight 

(The seed will be in proportion for the size classification 

of the variety based on the size/Weight of the awcado) 

Season: 	 Usually the two months of harvest. 

Other: 	 Any other characteristics 
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Arue 

Bernecker 

Beta 

Black Prince 

Blair 

Booth 3 

Booth 7 (Ajax) 

Booth 8 

Brooks Late 

Catalina 

Choquette 

Collinson 

Donnie 

Dupuis 

Gorham 

Guatemalan Seedling 

Hall 

Hardee 

Hickson 

K-5 

Leona 

Loretta 

Lula 

Marcus 

Melendez 

Miguel 

Monroe 

Nadir 

Nesbitt 

Peterson 

Pinelli 

Pollock 

Reed 

Russell 

Semil34 

Semi143 

Simmonds 

Simpson 

Tonnage 

Tower 

Waldin 

West Indies Seedling 

Florida Avocado Varieties 


Table of Contents 

Variety: 232 


Size: medium; Shape: pear; 


Stem Attachment: puckered , centered and large; 


Skin: green, slightly rough; Pulp: medium, thick; 


Seed: medium to medium large, tight; 


Season: July -August 


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Variety: Arue 


Size: medium; Shape: pear; Stem Attachment: centered, 

medium thick; Skin: dark and much speckled, nearly smooth; 

Pulp: yellow, medium thick; Seed: medium large, loose; 

Season: May- August 
Variety: BERNECKER 


Size: large; Shape: oval; Stem Attachment: centered to slightly 


offset; Skin: dark green, smooth, has ridges; 


Pulp: yellow, medium thick; Seed: medium tight to slightly loose; 


Season: July- September 

Variety: BET A 


Size: medium large; Shape: slight neck, oval; 


Skin: green to dark, smooth texture; Stem Attachment: 


offset, thick; Pulp: yellow thick; Seed: medium , tight; 


Season: August - October 

Variety: BLACK PRINCE 


Size: Large; Shape: oval; Stem Attachment: offset; 


Skin: Dark green, slight rough texture; 


Pulp: medium thick, yellow; Seed: medium, tight; 


Other: large majority have veins, large stem cavity & plugs easily; 


Season: August- September 

Variety: BLAIR 


Size: medium; Shape: pear; Stem Attachment: centered , 

medium thin; Skin: rough, dark green ; Pulp: greenish yellow; 

Seed: very large to large, tight; Other: thin short neck; 

Season: August- October 
Variety: BOOTH 3 


Size: medium; Shape: round fruit with slight neck; 


Stem Attachment: centered, medium thick; Skin: dark green, 


fairly smooth and thick; Pulp: thick and yellow; Seed: small tight; 


Season: October - December 


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Variety: BOOTH 7 


Size: medium; Shape: rounded; Stem Attachment: centered, 


medium thick; Skin: dark green, slightly rough; 


Pulp: yellow, medium thick; Seed: medium tight & wide; 


Season: October - December 

Variety: BOOTH 8 


Size: small to medium; Shape: oval or egg shaped; 


Stem Attachments: centered, medium; 


Skin: dark green, slightly rough; 


Pulp: yellow, thick; Seed: small tight; 


Season: September - November 


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Variety: BROOKS LATE 


Size: Large; Shape: round, blossom end off set; 


Stem Attachments: centered to medium; Skin: green, rough ; 


Pulp: very yellow; Seed: large, tight; 


Season: December- February 

Variety: CATALINA 


Size: Large; Shape: long pear, round surface on one side, slightly 


flat on the other; Stem Attachments: offset; Skin: medium thick, 


smooth; Pulp: very yellow; Seed: medium tight; 


Season: August- October 

Variety: CHOQUETTE 


Size: Large; Shape: oval, ridges stem to blossom; 


Stem Attachment: offset, thick; Skin: nearly smooth, dark green; 


Pulp: thick, yellow; Seed: medium tight; 


Season: October - January 

Variety: COLLINSON 


Size: large~ Shape: oval and always has pin-hole blossom end; 


Stem Attachments: offset, thick; Skin: dark green, smooth; 


Pulp: thick yellow; Seed: medium tight; 


Season: October thru December 

Variety: DONNIE 


Size: large; Shape: elongated pear, stem offset; 


Stem Attachments: offset, medium; Skin: green, smooth; 


Pulp: medium yellow; Seed: medium, slightly loose; 


Season: May thru mid August 

Variety: DUPUIS 


Size: large; Shape: elongated pear; Stem Attachment: offset, 


medium thin; Skin: smooth, green; Pulp: medium, deep yellow; 


Seed: medium fair, slight or slightly loose; 


Season: June- August 


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Variety: GORHAM 


Size: large; Shape: pear; Stem Attachment: offset, thick; 


Skin: dark green, fairly smooth, has ridges on top; 


Pulp: medium, thick yellow; Seed: medium, tight; 


Season: July &August 

Variety: GUATEMALAN SEEDLING 


Size: variable; Shape: variable; Stem Attachment: centered or 


offset, thick; Skin: rough, dark green, thick; 


Pulp: medium, thick; Seed: medium, tight; 


Season: September - December 

Variety: HALL 


Size: large; Shape: long necked pear; 


Stem Attachment: offset, thick; Skin: dark green, smooth; 


Pulp: thick and yellow; Seed: medium, tight; 


Season: October- December 

Variety: HARDEE 


Size: large; Shape: pear; Stem Attachment: offset, thin; 


Skin: light green, will turn red when mature; 


Pulp: medium, yellow; Seed: pointed, medium, loose; 


Season: June & July 

Variety: HICKSON 


Size: small; Shape: oval; Stem Attachment: medium thick; 


offset; Skin: green, slightly rough, bruises easily from machinery; 


Pulp: thick yellow; Seed: medium, tight; 


Season: October & November 

Variety: K - 5 


Size: large; Shape: long-necked pear; Stem Attachment: offset, 


thin; Skin: light green and smooth with ridges; 


Pulp: yellow; Seed: medium, long pointed, slightly loose; 


Season: June- August 

Variety: LEONA 


Size: large; Shape: oval; Stem Attachment: offset, medium 


thick; Skin: smooth, shiny dark green; Pulp: medium, thick 


yellow; Seed: medium, slightly loose; 


Season: September - November 

Variety: LORETTA 


Size: large; Shape: oval; Stem Attachment: offset, thick; 


Skin: dark green, slightly rough; Pulp: yellow and very thick; 


Seed: very small, tight; 


Season: August &September 

Variety: LULA 


Size: medium; Shape: pear, short neck; 


Stem Attachment: centered, thin; Skin: dark green, slightly 


rough; Pulp: greenish yellow, thin; Seed: tight to slightly loose; 


Season: October- January 

Variety: MARCUS 


Size: very large (can weigh up to 4 lbs. ); 


Shape: oval; Stem Attachment: centered, thick; 


Skin: dark green, with ribs, slightly rough; 


Pulp: yellow and very thick; Seed: small tight seed for its size; 


Season: September- November 

Variety: MELENDEZ 


Size: medium large; Shape: pear and long neck; 


Stem Attachment: centered, medium thick to thick; 


Skin: dark green, slightly rough; Pulp: yellow, 


medium thick; Seed: medium tight; 


Season: October- December 

Variety: MIGUEL 


Size: large; Shape: oval; Stem Attachment: offset, medium 

thick; Skin: dark green with shades of green streaks stem to 

blossom; Pulp: yellow, medium thick; Seed: medium tight; 

Season: July- August 
Variety: MONROE 


Size: large; Shape: oval; Stem Attachment: offset, thick, 


blossom end squared off; Skin: dark green to green, slightly 


rough; Pulp: yellow, thick; Seed: small, tight; 


Season: November- January 

Variety: NADIR 


Size: small, medium to slightly large; Shape: egg shaped pear; 

Stem Attachment: offset, medium thick; Skin: dark green, fairly 

rough; Pulp: light yellow or yellow thick; Seed: small, tight; 

Season: June- September 
Variety: NESBITT 


Size: large; Shape: pear; Stem Attachment: centered , medium 


thin ; Skin: dark green, slightly speckled and rigid; Pulp: deep 


yellow, medium thick; Seed: medium , slightly loose; 


Season: July- August 

Variety: PETERSON 


Size: small to medium; Shape: round to slightly oval; Skin: light 


green to greenish yellow, very smooth; 


Stem Attachment: centered to slightly offset; Pulp: medium, 


yellow; Seed: medium large and broad, tight to slightly loose; 


Season: July-September 

Variety: PINELLI 


Size: large; Shape: round to oval, flat on one side; 


Stem Attachment: centered, medium thin; 


Skin: smooth; Pulp: yellow, medium thin; 


Seed: slightly tight, bell shaped, medium large; 


Season: July -August 

Variety: POLLOCK 


Size: large; Shape: pear; Stem Attachment: centered, medium; 


Skin: thin green, smooth; Pulp: deep yellow, medium thick; 


Seed: medium, tight to loose; 


Season: June -August 

Variety: REED 


Size: small to medium small; Shape: oval; Skin; dark green, 


white/yellows dots, very slightly rough; Stem Attachment: 


centered, thick; Pulp: medium thick, yellow; Seed: medium to 


small, tight to slightly loose; 


Season: November- February 

Variety: RUSSELL 


Size: large; Shape: very long, thick necked pear; Skin: green and 

smooth; Pulp: thick at neck, yellow; Stem Attachment: thin 

centered; Seed: medium, long, pointed, slightly loose to tight; 

Season: July, August 
Variety: SEMIL 34 


Size: medium large to medium; Shape: pear; 


Stem Attachment: centered, medium to thick; 


Skin: dark green, slightly rough, some have veins; 


Pulp: light yellow to greenish yellow, medium thick; 


Seed: medium, tight; 


Season: October - December 

Variety: SEMIL 43 


Size: medium to large; Shape: oval; 


Stem Attachment: offset, thick; 


Skin: dark green, slightly rough, thick; 


Pulp: yellow, medium to medium thick; 


Seed: medium small to medium, tight; 


Season: November - January 

Variety: SIMMONDS 


Size: large; Shape: thick necked pear; 


Stem Attachment: offset, thin; 


Skin: green to light green, smooth; 


Pulp: yellow, medium thick; Seed: medium, loose; 


Season: June -August 

Variety: SIMPSON 


Size: large; Shape: pear, slightly puckered; 


Stem Attachment: centered, thick; 


Skin: light green, shiny smooth; 


Pulp: light yellow, medium thick~ Seed: medium, tight; 


Season: September - October 

Variety: TONNAGE 


Size: medium; Shape: pear with neck; Stem Attachment: 


centered, thin and always has a slight indentation like a V; 


Skin: dark green, slightly rough, some yellow streaks; 


Pulp: moderately thin, greenish yellow; 


Seed: medium large, loose; 


Season: August- September 

Variety: TOWER II 


Size: medium large; Shape: slight neck, pear; 


Stem Attachment: offset, medium thin; 


Skin: green to light green, smooth; Pulp: yellow 


to deep yellow, medium thick; Seed: medium large, tight; 


Season: July- September 

Variety: WALDIN 


Size: medium; Shape: round, flat on one side; 


Stem Attachment: offset, thin; Skin: green to light green, smooth; 


Pulp: deep yellow and thin; Seed: large, tight; 


Season: August - October 

Variety: WEST INDIAN SEEDLING 


Size: medium to large; Shape: variable; 


Stem Attachment: centered or offset, thin; Pulp: variable; 


Skin: smooth, light green, purple or red; 


Seed: medium usually loose; 


Season: July- August