Ismael 2 Avocado A Flower type
I do not know much about this avocado. The person who gave it to me said: The original seed came from Guantanamo in Cuba, from a well regarded tree in the area. The seed was planted in the US and the seedling produced a very good fruit. This is Ismael 1. One of those seeds of Ismael 1 was planted by the original seedling tree owner in an area where there were a lot of other varieties and produced a wonderful fruit, Ismael 2, with a totally different ripening period as Ismael 1. The person who gave me these said he has tasted both and they are great tasting avocados. Two trees were top worked in January 2014.
January 24, 2015: Ismael 2 is beginning to open some flowers. Seems to be A type. No Activity in Ismael 1. In deed very different.
February 1, 2015: These trees are very different. The no 2 is ahead of 1 by far. I was puzzled today since at around 9 am the No 1 tree clearly had male flowers open making it a B type. Will need further check and hope the weather warms up a bit to get a better reading on that.
February 21, 2015: These two trees for being seedlings of the same tree are quite different . Ismael 2 continues with its flowering and seems to be a precocious fruit setter. Clearly B type.
March 6, 2015: Ismael 2. Now that temperatures are more to our "normal" the tree clearly for the past few days have been opening female flowers in the morning. Clearly an A type. I was surprised because it set fruit readily like a B type. I strongly suspect this is a complex hybrid. I have separated these two and there is a page for each.
August 28, 2015: Its time to report on the Ismael 2. Did set quite a bit of fruit. I did picked some today to see how they ripen. An observation. This tree produces two distinct fruits just look at today's pictures and see. One is larger, longer and more weight 33.6 oz., the smaller and rounder 25.5 oz There are several of both some in the same branch, the larger fruit is less frequent. I decided to pick because I saw a larger fruit in the ground, may be starting to fall off.
September 24, 2015: None of the fruit in the August 28 picture ripened evenly. Will probably cut off next year,
January 24, 2015: Ismael 2 is beginning to open some flowers. Seems to be A type. No Activity in Ismael 1. In deed very different.
February 1, 2015: These trees are very different. The no 2 is ahead of 1 by far. I was puzzled today since at around 9 am the No 1 tree clearly had male flowers open making it a B type. Will need further check and hope the weather warms up a bit to get a better reading on that.
February 21, 2015: These two trees for being seedlings of the same tree are quite different . Ismael 2 continues with its flowering and seems to be a precocious fruit setter. Clearly B type.
March 6, 2015: Ismael 2. Now that temperatures are more to our "normal" the tree clearly for the past few days have been opening female flowers in the morning. Clearly an A type. I was surprised because it set fruit readily like a B type. I strongly suspect this is a complex hybrid. I have separated these two and there is a page for each.
August 28, 2015: Its time to report on the Ismael 2. Did set quite a bit of fruit. I did picked some today to see how they ripen. An observation. This tree produces two distinct fruits just look at today's pictures and see. One is larger, longer and more weight 33.6 oz., the smaller and rounder 25.5 oz There are several of both some in the same branch, the larger fruit is less frequent. I decided to pick because I saw a larger fruit in the ground, may be starting to fall off.
September 24, 2015: None of the fruit in the August 28 picture ripened evenly. Will probably cut off next year,
