Pollock Avocado, Flower B, West Indies
Pollock Avocado fruit
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I have a Pollock that is 7-8 years old. It grew with the Dupuis, apparently it came in by error when the grove was planted. It is not a big producer but I would not get rid of it. I love the taste of the fruit. Delicate and simply tasty. The avocado flavor is not in the oil. This only has 5-8% oil but it is great. I love to just eat rice and black beans with Pollock! Something about the flavors. I got a few fruit in the 2+ lbs range in 2011.
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You may want to check this article from 1929 Charles I. Brooks is describing the Pollock, back in the days it was a primary variety in So. Florida. I do agree with Mr. Brooks. I love to eat it.
"The Pollock—the good old reliable Pollock. There is a lot we don't like about the Pollock—a lot we don't know, but it is a pleasure to speak of its advantages. It has a wonderful color, the finest colored we have; it is also of very fine quality. It begins in late July and runs through August—sometimes into September"
July 2012: The tree produced about 12 fruits. All very clean and large. They seemed to have increase in size in the last 4 weeks. I picked the 3 shown in the pictures bellow and will pick a couple every week. They should get larger in to 36-40 oz this year. They are growing by the day.
August 23, 2012: If you leave them in the tree some fall but others keep growing and improve flavor. I picked some in the 47 plus oz range.
April 14, 2013. In the fall I pruned both trees and they did not set a single fruit this year. I'm going to miss them.
May 22, 2013. There are a couple of fruit. In the future I know not to prune this trees too hard.
June 1, 2014: I found two fruit in one of the trees. I will keep and eye on then weekly.
July 4, 2014: I have two trees one has more fruit than the other. The one closest to my neighbor's Simmonds is doing better with more fruit set. Concluding that Pollock benefits from an A flower tree flowering at the same time. Unfortunately these two Pollocks are now in a section full of Monroes, B flower type. The fruits are now easily 20-25 oz by the end of July they will be 30-40 oz of delicious avocado.
"The Pollock—the good old reliable Pollock. There is a lot we don't like about the Pollock—a lot we don't know, but it is a pleasure to speak of its advantages. It has a wonderful color, the finest colored we have; it is also of very fine quality. It begins in late July and runs through August—sometimes into September"
July 2012: The tree produced about 12 fruits. All very clean and large. They seemed to have increase in size in the last 4 weeks. I picked the 3 shown in the pictures bellow and will pick a couple every week. They should get larger in to 36-40 oz this year. They are growing by the day.
August 23, 2012: If you leave them in the tree some fall but others keep growing and improve flavor. I picked some in the 47 plus oz range.
April 14, 2013. In the fall I pruned both trees and they did not set a single fruit this year. I'm going to miss them.
May 22, 2013. There are a couple of fruit. In the future I know not to prune this trees too hard.
June 1, 2014: I found two fruit in one of the trees. I will keep and eye on then weekly.
July 4, 2014: I have two trees one has more fruit than the other. The one closest to my neighbor's Simmonds is doing better with more fruit set. Concluding that Pollock benefits from an A flower tree flowering at the same time. Unfortunately these two Pollocks are now in a section full of Monroes, B flower type. The fruits are now easily 20-25 oz by the end of July they will be 30-40 oz of delicious avocado.