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| About the Author KathK Karnup W.A. 12th May 2009 9:57am #UserID: 1744 Posts: 187 View All KathK's Edible Fruit Trees |
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paula-f says... Hi Kath. We have an older guy at one of our markets who sells all kinds of fruit trees,(mostly seedlings), and he had a fruit sitting on his bench a couple of weekends ago. I asked what it was, as it was the size of a large paw paw, but didn't have the same shape, and was still green. He said it was a "Pacific Giant" avocado which I had never heard of. I bought a seedling off him, so will have to wait years for it to fruit, if it ever does, but the size absolutely amazed me, so I was willing to give it a go. I haven't been able to find out anything about it, either on the net or any of my books, so not sure how it would go down your way either. | About the Author paulaf1 SE Queensland 12th May 2009 12:35pm #UserID: 2568 Posts: 51 View All paulaf1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... I don't know if it was the same one, but I saw a giant avocado when I was leaving a Chinese restaurant some time ago. I asked the lady at reception about it, and she said it looked good, but was tasteless. We all agreed that big is not always better! Did you taste this Kath, or only see it? | About the Author Roleystone WA 12th May 2009 6:38pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author KathK Karnup W.A. 12th May 2009 7:21pm #UserID: 1744 Posts: 187 View All KathK's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Hi Kath & Julie, there's a giant avocado that grows at Proserpine, north of Mackay, it's about the size of a rockmelon and has a large seed. Some locals call it 'Proserpine Purple', as it turns a purple colour when ripe. I have a seedling of this which has fruited a couple of times. I had to give it a savage pruning as it was ~12 metres high. Before I pruned it, we had a good crop of 'big' (not giant) avos. The flesh was ~ 25 to 30mm thick, and the taste was excellent. It hasn't fruited for a couple of years as it didn't like my pruning. I still have more pruning to do as it's still way too big. | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q. 13th May 2009 7:57am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Justin Melbourne 13th May 2009 10:28pm #UserID: 1041 Posts: 30 View All Justin's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q. 15th May 2009 8:26am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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