Bacon Avocado Growing in South Florida

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Bacon Avocado. Click to enlarge
Picture is from the Pine Island Nursery web. This is a variety grown in California. 
 When compared to Hass, fruit quality is not good, lower oil content than Hass, and even though Bacon trees are sold at Big Box stores to home owners, it is considered a second rate Avocado for California.



Fruit matures September - October in So Florida, no big deal, a lot of good So. Florida fruit around at the time.  I do not know anyone that owns one tree, or found a lot of information on line regardingl local culture so I got a 5 gal. tree last year  and planted it in the spring 2011. I will report on the progress of this variety growing in Homestead Florida. If it is worth keeping or if it will be a candidate for early top working.

March 28, 2012: The tree has been in the ground for close to a year. It tolerated the winter and a 28 degree frost event in December. It flushed flowers very nicely and to my surprise today it has about 10 fruits begining to grow. I May leave 4-5 on the tree,  but I think we'll get to taste it. Visually this tree likes it in my grove is doing really well. Much better than the Hass. Look at video below to the feft  taken on May 8, 2012

August 23,  2012: Something went wrong. Today I saw the tree, It looked bad and I got close  and saw the fruit the tree was holding  was wrinkle, dehydrated and some were soft but hanging on the tree. I was disappointed to say the list. I should have know better. I removed all the fruit that this little tree was holding,  14 avocados. That stress from so much fruit  and the recent heat may have cause the problem,  Now I have to recover the tree if it survives and wait for next year to taste the fruit. See video right bottom. Also you can see the difference in the center photo taken in March and the right photo taken in August. Big difference.
March 22, 2013: The tree has recovered, looks weak, has not flower this year, so it may  recover.
June 1, 2013: The tree is recovering slowly
June 22, 2013: The tree seems to be recovering well. Did not flower this year.
PictureBacon Avocado grown in Dade County
November 1, 2013: was able to try a Dade County grown Bacon Avocado. It was a 10 oz fruit with very good looks, It even felt creamy. 
First the taste was not to my likening, very bland, tasteless.
Second did not mature evenly some section were harder than others.  My tree has not produced any fruit and seems to be slowly recovering from a near death experience. I'm not sure if there is a future for this tree in my program. Thise are the complains I hear from some of these California fruit growing in So. Florida
January 28, 2014: The tree has recovered as the picture shown. It looks like is building Flower Buds. I will probably leave just 2-3 fruits is any sets this year. This tree should be 2-3 times it current size had not been for the near death event.
March 1, 2014: The tree is flowering nicely. Seems to be fully recovered.