Juan Jose Avocado (Seedless) B flower type
Berta Rodriquez Avocado tree
I do not know much about this fruit. It is in the West Indies Avocado Collection at Fairchild Tropical Gardens Williams Farms. It was worth some investigation after I was told by one of the curator that it is her favorite. I top worked a tree with this variety in February 2012, it was kind of late but 3 out of the five grafts took so I think it is a take. Probably for next season 2013 we could be looking at fruit. If I can, I will try to get a look at the Williams Farm tree with fruit this summer.
Please read more about the The Vaughn-Jordan Project: of The Fairchild Tropical Garden.
Update May 5, 2012. The top worked tree is doing well, Picture to the left. It is only 70 days post grafting. It has huge leaves I measured some at 11 inches long. Some times top worked trees generate big leaves but I think this tree has them. The tree I got the bud wood from has large leaves.
January 19, 2013: The tree is huge. Seems to be forming flower buds. I hope I can get to taste the fruit this year.
May 19, 2013: The tree flowered very little and did not set any fruit. If next year does not produce I will probably discontinue this variety.
June 6, 2013: Confirmed the tree did not set any fruit.
February 14, 2014: The tree is large, now is two years post grafting I had to prune it a bit, since I wanted to give more room to the tree to its south. Is building flower buds but can be a couple of weeks away. I hope it sets at least a couple of fruit.
March 11, 2014: the tree is flowering, seems to be type B. Will confirm.
March 13,2014: Confirmed B flower type
March 24, 2014: Finally!! This tree is setting fruit. Not a lot but we probably see what ever this so call seedless is
May 26, 2014: The tree has about 15-20 fruit. Some are the size of a small store bought Hass now. See picture.
May 29, 2014: I almost cut one open today.
May 30, 2014: The moment I have been waiting for. A fruit dropped. See Picture. why would they refer to this as seedless? May be because the seed is small.
June 21, 2014: There is little fruit drop on this tree. The fruit is growing very fast. The fruits are getting larger they are probably in the 9-11 oz. range.
July 4, 2014: Picked a 16 oz fruit from the tree today. See picture. Definitely looks like it has a seed. Will see how it tastes and how long does it take to mature. Seed ?????
July 12, 2014: The fruit picked on July 4 did seem to ripen but not evenly. That is an indication the fruit was not ready to be picked either because time and or weight. Now I do see a decent size seed in there. See today's picture. I picked today a 25 oz fruit to see how it ripens.
July 17, 2015: Today we had a nice size Juan Jose. This fruit is in season starting the first week of July. I saw a couple of fruit drop yesterday, but some trees do that. Definitely not a seedless, as the season progresses the seed is getting smaller but will not disappear. The taste is getting much better. A nice looking fruit that does not oxidize easily. Taste is light but very pleasant, great texture, light but not watery, a great compliment for a light meal sush as fish. Reminds me of a light version of a Catalina. Perfect with what I had for dinner. See today's pictures
March 3, 2015: The tree is in full bloom. I'm not sure I want to follow this tree any more. Is is a summer variety that matures in the middle of the summer where there are many others. Taste wise is a common WI light avocado.
May 30, 2015: The tree does well this year it set a nice amount of fruit for its size. Another summer fruit, grows clean as well. I'm not sure I would want to continue growing this tree.
Please read more about the The Vaughn-Jordan Project: of The Fairchild Tropical Garden.
Update May 5, 2012. The top worked tree is doing well, Picture to the left. It is only 70 days post grafting. It has huge leaves I measured some at 11 inches long. Some times top worked trees generate big leaves but I think this tree has them. The tree I got the bud wood from has large leaves.
January 19, 2013: The tree is huge. Seems to be forming flower buds. I hope I can get to taste the fruit this year.
May 19, 2013: The tree flowered very little and did not set any fruit. If next year does not produce I will probably discontinue this variety.
June 6, 2013: Confirmed the tree did not set any fruit.
February 14, 2014: The tree is large, now is two years post grafting I had to prune it a bit, since I wanted to give more room to the tree to its south. Is building flower buds but can be a couple of weeks away. I hope it sets at least a couple of fruit.
March 11, 2014: the tree is flowering, seems to be type B. Will confirm.
March 13,2014: Confirmed B flower type
March 24, 2014: Finally!! This tree is setting fruit. Not a lot but we probably see what ever this so call seedless is
May 26, 2014: The tree has about 15-20 fruit. Some are the size of a small store bought Hass now. See picture.
May 29, 2014: I almost cut one open today.
May 30, 2014: The moment I have been waiting for. A fruit dropped. See Picture. why would they refer to this as seedless? May be because the seed is small.
June 21, 2014: There is little fruit drop on this tree. The fruit is growing very fast. The fruits are getting larger they are probably in the 9-11 oz. range.
July 4, 2014: Picked a 16 oz fruit from the tree today. See picture. Definitely looks like it has a seed. Will see how it tastes and how long does it take to mature. Seed ?????
July 12, 2014: The fruit picked on July 4 did seem to ripen but not evenly. That is an indication the fruit was not ready to be picked either because time and or weight. Now I do see a decent size seed in there. See today's picture. I picked today a 25 oz fruit to see how it ripens.
July 17, 2015: Today we had a nice size Juan Jose. This fruit is in season starting the first week of July. I saw a couple of fruit drop yesterday, but some trees do that. Definitely not a seedless, as the season progresses the seed is getting smaller but will not disappear. The taste is getting much better. A nice looking fruit that does not oxidize easily. Taste is light but very pleasant, great texture, light but not watery, a great compliment for a light meal sush as fish. Reminds me of a light version of a Catalina. Perfect with what I had for dinner. See today's pictures
March 3, 2015: The tree is in full bloom. I'm not sure I want to follow this tree any more. Is is a summer variety that matures in the middle of the summer where there are many others. Taste wise is a common WI light avocado.
May 30, 2015: The tree does well this year it set a nice amount of fruit for its size. Another summer fruit, grows clean as well. I'm not sure I would want to continue growing this tree.