9/27/21 Reed Avocado Report & Taste Test

[@keithhammons2605]

I love my Reed but fending of squirrels for more than a year is nearly impossible. Glad I have other varieties to eat through my tears.

[@TropicalGardenGuy]

Brew pub … Yea! I drive over from Modesto for that! Oliver has tasted quite a few cados, but has he ever tasted Big Black Johnson? I have several ripening on the tree now!

[@juliovelasquez5589]

I have fuerte and reed, best reed . !!.

[@benheaver4332]

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[@nonagomez2989]

Do you sell scions ? And or the fruit ?

[@CSI426]

Save your money and yard space. Do Not plant Reed. I'm cutting down my Reed tree. I paid $70 for a small grafted branch. Now it's a small tree. It gave me fruits the 1st year I planted it. This year is the 2nd year. Both years, the fruits tasted watery. Because the water content is so high, there's no flavor. Instead, plant Fuerte. Fuertes are extremely creamy like butter and nutty flavor.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

I love fuerte too but I also love Reed. But you are right, Fuerte is extremely rich

[@econ0003]

When did you pick your Reeds? I heard that they take 18 months to ripen properly.

[@CSI426]

@@econ0003 - I picked after 18 months or until they dropped from ripen on the tree.

[@econ0003]

@@CSI426 Reed has a high oil content. As high as 20%. If your fruit is watery then something isn't right. I have had watery Hass and Fuerte's. Usually when they are picked too early or the growing conditions aren't right.