Fuerte avocado: a profile

Eating qualities of Fuerte avocados, including size, seed, peel, and taste. For a more detailed profile of the Fuerte avocado and tree, see my article here: gregalder.com/...
Also, I made a video profile of the Fuerte avocado tree: • Fuerte avocado tree: a...

[@rossisbonsaiandavocados5785]

Nothing like a Fuerte! The classiest of them all!

[@rossisbonsaiandavocados5785]

If your mother in-law fights with you and say Hass is better show her this video🤣

[@moxee33]

Soooo happy to see your review because I bought a tree today without knowing anything about it :))

[@loumidis15]

Thank you for your lovely videos sir. Just started an avocado field (approx. 50 trees will be planted) , varieties are Hass and Fuerte... You do a marvelous job. Best Wishes from Crete, one of the biggest islands of Greece!!

[@gregalderdotcom]

Greetings to you on Crete! We've been talking about Greece a lot in our family lately because my sons have been learning about its ancient history. Cool to know you'll be growing Hass and Fuerte avocados in such an important place.

[@loumidis15]

@@gregalderdotcom whenever you decide to have your vacation in Greece feel free to contact me :) i can saw you around my fields as well

[@RileyDesignPartners]

I knew our tree was special! I am now in a constant battle with a local squirrel who also loves them as much as we do - grrrr!

[@fatjackizback]

+1 on Fuerte taste and texture. Had it for the first time this season. Even though the skin is thin like you said, I find it much stronger than a bacon avocado skin. I would break the bacon avocado skin trying to get the inside scooped out 50% of the time. I didn't have that problem with the 15 Fuerte avocados I bought. Your avocados look very nice. I wish more people grew these in southern California.

[@hooligan_accord]

If you're anywhere near Cal Poly Pomona, they currently have fresh Fuertes grown at the school, available at the Farm Store. Just picked some up recently, and love them!

[@tinayu4540]

@@hooligan_accord I have a huge Fuerte tree in my backyard in San Gabriel. All my friends have told me they taste better than all the other varieties they've had (Hass and Mexicola.) I absolutely agree. They have an almost bacon taste to them. They can also get quite large. One had a mass of almost 1.25 pounds! The farmers market at Mt. Sac have them as well.

[@masterjaykay1]

Always love it when you realise a new Avo profile. Would love to see one on a Hazzard, and a Russell a Sharwill and a Gwen avocado some day 👍🏻🥑

[@gregalderdotcom]

Thanks. I haven't tasted Hazzard or Russell. But I plan to do a Sharwil profile soon, and I did a Gwen profile last year. Here's the Gwen profile: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWSWdmtnfMSSis0

[@joeburt1106]

Thanks for the info and taste test. Fuerte is hard to come by, as they tend to alternate bear. Just added a small Sharwil in backyard. I've heard good things about it too.

[@ltlbnsgarden]

Great review and taste information 😊

[@fuertefarmer5583]

Greg you’re absolutely right. We had a Fuerte at the backyard since I was a kid (31 now). Growing up with my siblings we usually have them like snacks without anything, anytime (coz you know it’s just too good). We cut the parent tree off but planted a few more trees to keep the family and seeds as I’m starting a Fuerte orchard. It’s a very special avocado. I usually tell people who hadn’t tasted it yet but they never believed me. Nice video liked and subscribed.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Nice! There's just something special about Fuerte!

[@kenzangeobio3054]

Hi Greg, it has been more than 4 years, I am curious if you still like the taste of Fuerte the most among avocados.

[@westcoaststacker569]

Thanks for the Videos Greg, I came from your website. We are planting some trees now and your website has been inspirational. Were in West San Fernando Valley, very hot summers. Hopefully in 4-5 years we will be doing well. I planned to line 4 trees 9' apart along the north fence from east to west. A Fuerte, Haas, Bacon and Pinkerton. The south fence gets some shade from the neighbors house, I worried during the winter it would be too much shade. Hoping that they are close enough to cross pollinate well perhaps creating a hedge without being too tight.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Your plan should work. Each of those varieties will grow at different rates, but ultimately they'll all touch and create a green screen -- and the most delicious kind!

[@westcoaststacker569]

Thank You. Right now I am worried about the summer the week we get 115F days. Thinking sunshade and misters while they are young.

[@frankyancy1347]

The minute I found an Ettinger and Sharwil out came my two baby Fuerte trees I planted in the fall. I'd rather have consistently producing trees with very good fruit, to the excellent tasting Feurte with its iffy production and spreading habit. Sad that the gueen green fruited Feurte has few clones other than Ettinger, whereas Black King Hass has Sir Prize, Lamb, Gwen, Carmen, GEM etc. Thx for the review.😀

[@gregalderdotcom]

Hi Frank, That's a good point. Apparently, as good as Fuerte itself is, it is terrible at making good seedling trees. Bob Bergh, who ran the UC Avocado Breeding Program for decades, gave up on growing Fuerte seedlings. But he found that Hass seeds produced far better seedlings in comparison.

[@translator544]

I have a fuerte tree. I love it but the skin being thin is kinda annoying and the seed skin is always flaking off. The seeds on ours are small though so that’s nice

[@wolfschnitzel536]

Fuerte is a hybrid mexicola type as far as I remember, have you had any experience with cold hardyness?

[@BltchErica]

Fuerte's flesh looks a bit more juicy, tough and overall fruitlike than the Hass'. I wonder how well it would work in a guacamole.

[@sergioacalles7527]

Hi love your content. Quick question: Can u help me find Jan Boyce cuttings plz. Maybe I can buy some from you. I'm from Chula Vista.

[@bonnet1810]

We have fuerte avocados in grocery stores here in Czech Republic.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Lucky you! Are they from Spain?

[@bonnet1810]

​@@gregalderdotcom They are from South America. We also have them on our online internet grocery shop. Here is the link: www.rohlik.cz/c300112673-avokada-a-manga?productPopup=1303459-avokado-velke-k-dozrani-fuerte-etinger-zutano-1-ks

[@gregalderdotcom]

Interesting. Thanks for the link. How's the quality of those Fuertes?

[@bonnet1810]

@@gregalderdotcom They need usually 3 more days to ripen, but htey are usually in better shape than Hass avocados that are sold here.

[@TropicalGardenGuy]

Anybody ever tell you your voice sounds like Ben Afleck?

[@gregalderdotcom]

No, but that cracks me up.

[@elliesadie7703]

You need a correction. The Haas doesn't harvest in late winter, early spring. That's when the flowers pollinate for the fruit. The harvest is Aug thru Oct, September being the primary month to harvest. Unless you live in Australia, this info about the Haas avo in incorrect. I know. I have a Haas tree that I planted twenty years ago. Same time every year in CA.

[@frankyancy1347]

Well it depends on microclimate, here in Lakeside, east of San Diego, I can pick my Hass in February.

[@eatonblack526]

Look like a bacon to me