P.americana cv. 'Dickey'
Parentage: Guatemalan
Tree originated from seed from Atlixco, Mexico. Planted about 1904 at E.W. Dickey place, Hollywood, Ca. Difficult to propagate. Fruit season Feb - June. Shipping quality is not promising.
P.americana cv. 'Dickinson'
Parentage: Hybrid Guatemalan
Medium thick skin. Fruit texture is rough with fine, seed-like raised bumps. Small, pebbly fruit sometimes appears immature when actually it is ready to be harvested.
P.americana cv. 'Edranol'
Parentage: Hybrid
Originated in Vista, California, by E.R. Mullen. Introduced in 1932. Frost resistant. Skin russets badly in interior areas. Raised bumps on skin are a bright green. Skin is medium thin. Has excellent flavor.
Parentage: Guatemalan
P.americana cv. 'Esther'
Fruit skin is a very dark green when soft. Pits medium to large. Fruit is often easy to peel but other times the skin is brittle and difficult to peel.
P.americana cv. 'Ettinger'
Parentage: Mexican
Originated in Kefar Malal, Israel. Introduced there in 1947. Introduced in the U.S. in 1954. Fruit: Fuerte type. Large seed, loose in cavity, seedcoats adhere to flesh. Flesh clear light yellow, free of fiber, soft, melting, ripens uniformly.
P.americana cv. 'Frazer'
Parentage: Hybrid
Lemon shaped fruit. This ground crawling tree has long, narrow, pointed leaves.
P.americana cv. 'Fuerte'
Parentage: Hybrid
Introduced as budwood in 1911 from Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico. A hybrid Mexican variety that is ready to pick in November and is good through March. Hangs on the tree well. A long time California commercial variety valued for its winter season and its B blossom type. Skin thickness is medium thin. Seed size is medium large. Harvested late fall through spring, the Fuerte is the original high-quality California Avocado.
P.americana cv. 'Ganter'
Parentage: Mexican
Originated as seedling in 1905 in Whittier, Ca. Later owned by A.M. Ganter. Fruit season Oct. - Dec. Good quality fruit but tends to spoil at apex. Seed usually loose. Tree is small and averages no more than 44 lbs (20 kg) per year.
P.americana cv. 'Gem'
Parentage: Guatemalan
A thick skinned and easily peeled avocado with rich, nutty flavor and similar ripening characteristics of the popular Hass Avocado; available spring through summer. Patented under the experimental name "3-29-5" in 2003. Tree has an open and spreading growth habit and exhibits less alternate bearing than that of the "Hass" variety.
