Monroe
Variety of Avocado · Persea americana
Large, firm Florida avocado for the late season – low in oil and holds long on the tree.
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6🇺🇸 USA 1934
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmmild
Profile
- Parentage
- Guatemalan x West Indian Hybride
- Breeder
- Selektion in Homestead, Florida
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 900 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, oval-pear-shaped fruit, 700-1100 g, smooth green skin. Flesh firm, mild, low in oil, holds its shape well.
Growth
Vigorous tree; somewhat more cold-tolerant than pure West Indian types (to about -3 °C).
Yield
Good and consistent; an important late-season cultivar in Florida.
Notes
A popular commercial Florida large-fruited cultivar for the late season.
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