Grafted
Simmons
A Florida avocado with solid, mild flesh. People who grow it keep it for the late fruit more than for a Hass-style flavor.
This variety
The fruit
A Florida avocado with solid, mild flesh. People who grow it keep it for the late fruit more than for a Hass-style flavor.
Taste, season, cold, and how to plant this one.
- Taste
- A Florida avocado with solid, mild flesh. People who grow it keep it for the late fruit more than for a Hass-style flavor.
- Ripens
- Late in the Florida calendar. It extends the season after the early summer types are gone.
- Zones
- Zones 10 to 11.
- Hardiness
- A Naples-suitable avocado. Young trees need frost cloth; established trees usually ride out a typical winter.
- Size
- A standard yard avocado. Budget 25 feet or prune yearly.
- Tips
- Same cultural rules as Choquette: full sun, fast drainage, mulch, no deep planting.
- Pollination
- A companion avocado of the opposite flower type improves yield.