Zutano

Variety of Avocado · Persea americana

Hardy, cold-tolerant green-skinned cultivar prized mainly as a reliable pollenizer.

🇺🇸 USA 1926

Taste & characteristics

mild

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Pear-shaped fruit, 180-350 g, thin, glossy green skin. Flesh pale yellow, mild, watery, low in oil.

Upright, very cold-hardy tree (to about -4 °C).

Very productive and consistent; often planted as a pollenizer among Hass.

Commercially important mainly as a B-type pollenizer and for rootstock breeding.

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