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Persea americana 'Fuerte'


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Persea americana 'Fuerte' is an avocado that offers green fruit with a medium thin skin and flesh of excellent quality.


Description:
The avocado plant (Persea americana) is a subtropical tree with lustrous dark green evergreen leaves that often emerge flushed with orange or red. It is grown for the abundant production of its well-known, delicious, buttery fruits. Trees can be grown as potted specimens and protected indoors during Canadian winters. 'Fuerte' offers green fruit with a medium thin skin and flesh of excellent quality. The fruit is 10-12 oz with a medium pebbly skin and great flavour ripening from November to June. The trees are large and spreading. Cold tolerant to -2 degrees C (28 degrees F). It is a B Type and requires an A Type for cross pollination and to get fruit on both trees.


Common Name: Avocado - [Fall Citrus Pre-Order]

Family: Lauraceae (The Olive Family)

Zone Hardiness: 9-11

Light: Full Sun, Part Sun

Height: 10-15'

Width: 5-8'

Primary Bloom Colour: Green

Secondary Bloom Colour:

Class: Evergreen

Type: Tree

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries:

Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

Native Habitat:

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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - Central and South America

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