Grafted
Utuado
A Puerto Rican West Indian avocado: large, early, and mild. More salad fruit than rich guacamole fruit.
This variety
The fruit
A Puerto Rican West Indian avocado: large, early, and mild. More salad fruit than rich guacamole fruit.
Taste, season, cold, and how to plant this one.
- Taste
- A Puerto Rican West Indian avocado: large, early, and mild. More salad fruit than rich guacamole fruit.
- Ripens
- Early summer. One of the 3-gallon avocados we can ship.
- Zones
- Zones 10 to 11.
- Hardiness
- Tender new growth. Do not ship-plant it into a cold snap — harden it in your yard first.
- Size
- Becomes a large tree. The 3-gallon pot is a head start, not the final size.
- Tips
- Ships in the pot, boxed. On arrival, water, keep it in bright shade for a few days, then plant the graft above the soil line.
- Pollination
- Pair with a later type-A Florida avocado if you want a longer season.