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Avocado Tree 
A valuable commercial crop, the avocado tree thrives on rich well-drained soil. Due to flowering habits, avocado varieties are categorized into A and B groups. One variety is sufficient to produce adequate crops for the home garden, however by planting a tree from both groups the harvest will be much greater. Avocados begin to ripen once picked and may take up to 10 days to reach maturity.
Fruits are rich with oily flesh and are delicious eaten when fully ripe in sandwiches, salads. Guacamole is a famous blend of mashed avocado flesh, lemon or lime juice, onion, garlic, pepper and chili, it makes a very tasty dip.
Avocados are very fussy about their soil conditions and will not tolerate wet feet or heavy soils, it is essential to prepare the ground for an avocado well before planting. Young trees are susceptible to sunburn and damage from frost so a small shelter while they establish is a very good idea.
Pear shaped fruit, small to medium in size with slightly rough, thin green skin. The flesh is of a buttery texture with excellent flavor. The tree has a vigorous spreading habit that shows alternate bearing characteristics.
A small seeded rounded fruit with the later crop being more pear-shaped. The fruit is medium sized with green leathery pliable skin. The thick flesh has a smooth-texture, good flavour and high oil content. It shows some cold tolerance and bears consistently heavy crops. H June to August
Upright vigorous avocado producing pear shaped fruit of medium quality. Most cold hardy variety, down to -5degC. Great for Victoria.
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock | 
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock |
Most popular variety due to both its superior taste and excellent keeping qualities. The medium sized fruit is pear-shaped with an excellent creamy nut flavored flesh, no fiber and a seed held tightly in its cavity. The leathery rough dark-purple skin turns to black when ripe.
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock |
Large, round , thick skinned variety with a smooth, green skin. They have a mild to rich flavour and have a good storing ability once cut and placed in the fridge. They are also a great choice for using in salads as they tend not to go mushy as does a Hass when very ripe. H Aug - Dec
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock |
A late selection that produces a pear shaped green skinned fruit with a Hass like textured skin. The fruit is of excellent quality with a rich creamy texture. Hardy vigorous variety that sets well by itself. This is a local selection with Hass and Sharwill as parents.
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock |
Seedling avocado we use as a rootstock. Very hardy strong growing seedling producing large fruit. Being a seedling expect a quick growing hardy tree, but don't expect fruit for 5-10years.
175mm | $12.90 AU | None in stock |
A medium sized fruit with rough green skin closely resembling the Fuerte but slightly more oval in shape. The fruit has a rich flavour, good oil content and small seed. The Sharwill represents up to 20% of all avocadoes grown in NSW, is a regular and moderate bearer with excellent quality fruit. Sensitive to frost. H June, July
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock |
A small to medium pear-shaped fruit with thick, green skin that peels easily. The fruit has an excellent flavour, medium oil content and does not turn brown when cut. The tree has a spreading habit and is a high yielding. It displays good resistance to frost and anthracnose. H Feb/March
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock |
A small tree popular for the back yards. A moderate cropper of medium sized rich, high quality fruit. Pear-shaped with dark green skin using Guatamalan rootstock.
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock |
6 L Bag | $29.00 AU | None in stock |
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 5-10 | Medium | Beneficial | Evergreen | April - December |
We welcome your Tips on Avocado Tree. Share Your Tip.
Has grows and yields well and stays on tree 12 mths if left, Fuerte grows but rarely sets fruit in windy weather, Bacon is self fertile in our area and yields well | Anthony Miceli - Mornington, VIC 20-Feb-2006
Hi, I just want to point that avocado is not native to South America. In fact its origin is North/Central America (Mexico and Guatemala). In Brazil people eat it in in halves sweetened with sugar and with a bit of lemon juice to add a sour taste. | Ricardo Pollastrini - João Pessoa - Brazil, PB 14-May-2007
Spread it on butterd toast with salt and pepper a very nice snack | Scott - Caboolture, QLD 21-Aug-2007
There is a problem with the guatemalan rootstock used at daleys. that being in frosty areas the scion lives (hass and fuerte), but the stock dies. If a mexican rootstock were used then im sure my plants would have lived. Till then ill grow in large tubs | Reville - Tabulam, NSW 18-Nov-2007
Mexican rootstock is more cold hardier, the rootstock we used has been used for 20 years in the hort industry. Fuerte and Hass are guatamalan hybrid avo varieties and they will not be much hardier than the guatamalan rootstock. | Greg Daley - Kyogle, NSW 20-Nov-2007
Responds well to light regular dressing of dynamic lifter during growing season. 40-50 fruits in its third year | Ray - Central Coast, NSW 05-Feb-2008
Have big intentions to grow after all the reading on this site. thanks everyone...march, 08 | M @ J Mc>culloch - Perth, W.A. 03-Apr-2008
The Secondo Avocado Tree is giving fruit in it's second year (maybe that's why they call it secondo). I tell everyone. | David Mane - Kensington, NSW 16-Apr-2008
The Secondo can happily fruit without a B-Type Avocado making it ideal for home orchardists who just want one tree. Perhaps this is because it's parents have one as a B-Type the Sharwill and the other an A-Type the Hass. | Correy - Brisbane, QLD 16-Apr-2008
Best place to plant avocado trees are on hills. They like drainage. | Anna Quante - Valley Center, CA 06-May-2008
Avocado trees are not necessary Central American. I have seen them in the hills of Chile at latitude 40 south, where they are as tall as Blue Gums and get covered by snow. | Gabriel Salas - Maitland, NSW 07-May-2008
I live in geelong and want to know which avacado grows best if i chose to grow one | Keb Sheridan - Geelong, VIC 14-Jun-2008
Hi would like to know what a good avo tree would be for a pot that will give me fruit sometime soon thanks | Belinda - Melbourne, VIC 30-Jun-2008
Belinda, If you don't get frosts then the Wurtz variety would be best although you still need a huge pot. If you do get frosts you should get a Bacon avocado. | Correy - Brisbane, QLD 03-Jul-2008
Re: Gabriel Salas. Collecting highland and high lattitude avocado pits in central and South america is something that really needs doing by amateurs (with AQIS permit).Id like to try plants/or seedlings of Duke, Topa topa, Mexicola, Zutano, Bacon, Mendez | Reville - Tabulam, NSW 08-Jul-2008
Conversely - Greg which ar ethe best varieties on this page for the True Lowland tropics? | Reville - Tabulam , NSW 08-Jul-2008
Hi could u tell me whats wrong with my avo tree it,s grafted has planted app 7months ago done very well but started browning off on the edges of the leaves little bit green algie on the trunk ,branches not much though dont if the leaves brown off this tim | Bob Webber - Mt Larcom, C Q 20-Jul-2008
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