Season: August through November. A relative of the Choquette and similar in shape and size, the Hall avocado has nuttier, drier and thicker flesh, though still juicy and fruity. Season: October through November. Mexicola Grande : Small but beautiful, the Mexicola Grande has glistening black skin, almost as thin as paper. The light-flavored flesh is slightly fibrous, sweet and juicy. This large and softball-shaped avocado may grow to two pounds and has buttery, creamy, soft flesh and a mild, nutty flavor.
Season: June through September. High-fat flesh, a nutty taste, and almond butter texture make the Hass both the classic West Coast avocado and a favorite worldwide. Its oil content can be 20 percent or higher, and its skin is tough and durable — ideal for shipping, and for use as a scooping cup when preparing Super Bowl guacamole. Season: Year-round. Other U. The avocado is a large berry fruit containing a single seed. It has over varieties that vary in fruit size, texture, shape, and maturity rate.
The avocado tree can survive over years and is native to South Central Mexico. An avocado-shaped water jar dating A. These plants have been cultivated in Central and South America as early as 5, B.
In the U. The most popular type of avocado in the country is the Hass variety. Oval-shaped and dark-green in color, the Choquette avocado originated in Florida and is a mix of two different types — Guatemalan and West Indian. They have smooth, glossy skins and a high water content.
The flesh itself has a mild taste and is quite watery. In fact, when you cut into the Choquette avocado, it is known to release a silky type of fluid. The Gwen avocado is oval-shaped and dark-green in color. Their texture and taste are both similar to the Hass avocado, but the Gwen is larger and has a creamy flesh that is very flavorful.
It is also easy to peel, even with its thick, pebbly skin, and it was first developed in California. It weighs up to 15 ounces, is plump in size, and it has a small- to medium-sized seed.
Hass avocados are a bit different because they have a purplish-black color. It has a velvet-like texture and tastes rather nutty, and its thick skin turns to dark purple as it becomes riper. Its flesh is pale green in color and its flavor is exquisite, making it perfect for making guacamole. There is also a Lamp Hass variety, which tastes similar to the regular Hass, but has a much bigger size.
This one has pebbly skin and a medium-sized seed. Known for their extreme resilience to frost, they have been given the name Fuerte , which means strong. All Hass avocado trees are descended from the original mother tree planted by Rudolph Hass in California. This is why it is also called the California avocado. Over time, cultivation has paved the way for many avocado varieties from different places around the world.
New cultivars are grown from a combination of genes from the original varieties with at least a thousand cultivars between them. Fuerte avocados are a medium-sized and pear shaped variety with leathery green skin that is easy to peel. The Winter Mexican avocado is known for its creamy, smooth-textured flesh that easily melts in your mouth. Sometimes called Brogden, Brogdon avocados are pear shaped, and each fruit weighs approximately under one pound.
It shares the rich and nutty flavor of the Hass variety, and its skin turns dark purple when ripe. Gwen avocados are a plump, oval-shaped fruit with thick and pebbled green skin, somewhat resembling large Hass avocados. Its green flesh is creamy, nutty, and buttery, and its skin stays dull green even when the fruit is fully ripe.
They were developed by James Reed around , and many people think they are the best-tasting avocados in existence. Also called Little Cado avocados, is it known to be the only dwarf variety of this type of fruit. Even the tree is compact, reaching no more than 10 feet in height while other trees can get up to 80 feet high. With a yummy flavor and a nice green size, it ripens May through September, and it can handle temperatures as low as 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
With freckled green skin and an oval shape, Bacon avocados have been around since and have bright-yellow flesh that is delicate and light in taste. The seed is unusually large, and it has a high oil content in its flesh as well.
They bloom from late fall to early spring, and they can get up to 12 ounces in size. Brogdon avocados are perfect for growing in cold climates, and they have a rich and nutty flavor that is similar to the Hass avocados.
Ettinger avocados look very similar to pears with their bright-green color, and they grow mostly in Israel. It also has a seed that is quite large. These green avocados have medium-thick skin that is leathery in nature, so it peels very easily.
Its seed is relatively large and it has a flavor that is close to hazelnut. It is also thick and has a light oily texture. The Monroe avocado is unusual in that it is much larger than most other types of avocados, sometimes getting up to two pounds or more in weight. They are resistant to cold and have a rough, glossy skin, even though the flesh is somewhat less watery than many other types of avocados. These beautiful green avocados are medium-sized with rough green skin and flesh that is yellow-green in color.
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