Cadway avocado: a profile

Early, tentative profile of this very new but promising B-type avocado variety. Profile of the Cadway tree coming soon. Always more and better stuff at: gregalder.com/...

[@mpc72367]

Thanks Greg. I'd love to have success in growing some of your California varieties here in South Florida. I'm told that California varieties don't perform well here because of the excessive humidity and high rainfall amounts here in the summer. The closest I can come to a California variety here I think is the "Super Hass", or otherwise known as "Ooh-La-La". I think it was actually a seedling of a Hass fruit planted in Louisiana. Apparently it does better than Hass in our climate. Taste wise, when you get a good fruit, in my opinion it's nearly indistinguishable from a Hass. But the tree has a lot of problems such as un-even fruit ripening (which I've found if left on the tree longer than suggested harvesting time, you get more fruits that ripen evenly), and limb die-back. I've got a Nishikawa tree also, but it's still small and hasn't produced yet. But "they say" it's even better than Hass, has a higher oil content, and the fruit itself is bigger than Hass. Thanks for all your content. I watch it all.

[@831AVO]

Thanks for sharing. The good news is in regards to seedlings performing well and producing excellent fruit. I'm breeding avocados in the 831 Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Salinas, germinating every GEM seed I get. I've paired GEM with GWEN, CARMEN, LAMB, & GREENGOLD many times over and hope to add BL 516 LUNA down the line. I will gather the seeds germinate them and graft into it always leaving a seedling shoot. ✌️🥑

[@geobio_exploring]

I have been doing very similar cross breeding experiments since 2021. My focus is on Reed, Nabal, Jan Boyce, Stewart, Mendez Hass, Pinkerton, Gwen, etc. If I could get a very productive Reed or Nabal with very small seed such as Jan Boyce and Stewart, that would be great. I also use Stewart to improve cold hardiness on Reed, Nabal, Pinkerton, Gwen, etc. Beside leaving a shoot, I also use budwood of the seedling to graft onto mature fruiting tree branches.

[@Avo7bProject]

@@geobio_exploring I came to the conclusion that Stewart isn't really all that cold-hardy in comparison to Texas varieties. But it contributes something as a parent I suppose, in comparison to the well-known alternatives in southern California.

[@RareAvoTrees]

That's cool I hope you can cross a Nabal with a Stewart so I can grow a cold hardy Nabal in Fresno county.​@@geobio_exploring

[@growyourownavocados]

I think fruiting seedling are en excellent choice for backyard growers. The industry is always searching for the perfect commercial product and in the case of this one perhaps it wouldn't have gone through because it is a green skin. Thanks for sharing and promoting Greg!

[@Avo7bProject]

This sounds like a fruit that harkened back to its grandfather's genes in Gwen. Although Greg said this was a B type and Gwen is an A. It appeared to peel better than other commonly known B's like Bacon or Zutano.

[@hogginger2982]

Really appreciate your videos

[@ocneal]

Interesting avocado, Greg. What are some of the characteristics of the tree? Tall, narrow, spreading? Looks like a very good variety.

[@CorbeilleJungle]

Thanks for New Profil 🥑

[@Balaams_Donkey]

New to me. Nice. 🥑

[@RareAvoTrees]

What can take cold better a sharwil or Cadway i need it to handle about 28-29 degree

[@gregalderdotcom]

I'll post a full profile of the tree by mid-summer, including what I observed about its cold tolerance compared to Fuerte and Sharwil and a few other B types.

[@jorgeespinoza3150]

Any luck with Lamorinda or Hayward Giant-- or is it Bay Giant? I'm very interested in those-- their habit and harvest season!

[@gregalderdotcom]

I've got Lamorinda flowering this spring so maybe I can comment on that variety in a year or two. I generally don't write any posts or make any videos unless I have a good deal of firsthand experience with a variety.

[@jorgeespinoza3150]

@gregalderdotcom thanks for your efforts! I look forward to the day Lamorinda budwood is more readily accessible. I heard the original tree has maintained a rather small habit for being a 50 year-old tree with fruit allegedly similar to Fuerte...