Sharwil avocado tree: a profile

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[@GrowsGoneWild]

I have to say, Sharwil is my most attractive avocado. I just like the way it grows.

[@hogginger2982]

its in the top 5 for taste no matter how you calculate, everytime.

[@kylediffusion9879]

Dang Greg! You're cranking these vids out! Great job, and vids on Wurtz?

[@Balaams_Donkey]

Always enjoy your videos. Grateful. I've learned a lot from you and appreciate your California gardening tips as well. Bakersfield CA 👍

[@kenzangeobio3054]

Avocado is not native to Australia, therefore the genetic materials were brought in from elsewhere. I have always thought Sharwil has the closest resemblance to Fuerte. Maybe you or someone else have more to add on how Sharpe & Wilson developed the variety, or was it just a chance seedling tree. It looks like some of the video footage was from Brad's place. It is great that you show a variety's characteristics and behaviors in a broader context. Very often observation at just one location is very inadequate to describe an avocado variety.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Most, if not all, of the early avocados grown in Australia were brought in from California. That is what is written by Australians such as Sharpe in the California Avocado Society Yearbooks from those days. I personally find Sharwil fruit most similar to Edranol. And since, according to Sharpe, Edranol was growing on Sharpe's farms at the time of the discovery of the mother Sharwil tree, it is possible that Edranol was a parent. Fuerte was also there.

[@kenzangeobio3054]

@@gregalderdotcom Thanks for your additional information. From your video, the leaf shape and reddish shoot is similar to my Fuerte, so is the fruit skin coloration. However, small seed is similar to Edranol or my Pinkerton. I don't have Edranol tree to compare, plus you have more exposure to more avocado varieties, therefore, your observation and assessment would be more educated than me. On the side note, it is unbelievable in today's technology, we are still not able to track the genetics of avocados. There should be a similar 23&me avocado genetic testing service, but probably there is no profit to be made from that.

[@100lucch]

The 1st time I tried Sharwil it was very average as it was picked too early. 2nd time was wow, that was nice. From what I've read in Australia is that it doesn't do too well in cooler climates, which is why I've seen people in Southern Australia being disappointed with their Sharwils. Great video.

[@miett49]

Thanks Greg! I did a Sharwill grafting last year it looks good, but not nearly as good as those trees. Beautiful thanks for sharing.

[@growyourownavocados]

Appreciate you mentioning Fuerte has those red spots too. I have had false Fuertes and finally got the real thing and confirmed from a video from Africa which shows that same feature. Sharwil seems to compareable to Pinkerton in NorCal. The fruit are ready in April and get really good in June then they all fall off because of the heat unfortunately.

[@growyourownavocados]

Interesting, with so many heavily productive varieties of southern california this one must taste special for people to still grow it.

[@126AP]

Amazing profile of the Sharwil tree,thank you. I’m curious if Green Gold, an offspring of Sharwil has the same tree structure, beauty and size more or less?

[@gregalderdotcom]

Thank you. I haven't seen many Green Gold trees, but of those I know, none are as beautiful as Sharwil. The Green Gold trees I know are not very fast growers (although not runts like Holiday) and they do have a floppy branch structure.

[@gardentips1249]

Sharwil is great, both the fruit and tree. It's weird because it is kind of a smaller tree but does like to branch out so I do try to tip it and prune it back. My Lamb Hass produces a lot and has a Sir Prize very close and a Sharwil not too far away. Great video and beautiful property.

[@nicolassaarni88]

My sharwil trees are finally flowering and have set lots of fruit. Some trees have bloomed so heavily that they barely kept any leaves. I have just painted them with some white wash now that the flowers have finished and fruit is set. I may need to thin them if too many hold to avoid the branches weeping out and down as the fruit gains weight. I’m in inland Northern California very hot climate so sunburn is my biggest concern and heatwaves. Had 118 degrees 2 summers back. Avocados dropped and shriveled like prunes

[@ericmatthews7264]

I have a 5 year old lamb next to a 4 year old Sharwil. Probably about 15’ apart. Both about the same size. Last year little fruit on lamb, this year Sharwil flowered like crazy and my lamb has a similar abundance of fruit set. So does a Reed in between. Reeds on other side of property don’t have nearly as much fruit set. Inland, Riverside County south of Redlands.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Interesting. Thanks for the report.

[@RareAvoTrees]

Thanks for sharing your vids are among the best way better than my own vids.

[@THEGOODSMTB]

The red spots are interesting, I grafted a tree that I was told was a hass or a winter Mexican. The new growth definitely has red spots on it. Do winter Mexicans also have this?

[@BrenticusMaximus1]

Did you bring enough to share with the rest of the class? 😋👍

[@frankyancy1347]

My Lamb has just as heavy set of fruit, but planted next to Reed, Pinkerton, Fuerte, Ettinger.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Thanks for the report, Frank.

[@RareAvoTrees]

Everyone loves Sharwil even myself but I have no Sharwil yet? It sounds like it kinda grows like sir prize exposing limbs to sunburn and fruit sunburn also hang time does not sound long like say a Hass tree, I guess growing Sharwil closer to cooler ocean does better with hang time.

[@hogginger2982]

Hi Greg, Love to watch your videos. What's your lowest temperatures you hit on average or ever at your locale? Thanks

[@gregalderdotcom]

I usually get a tad below 30 on a few nights each winter, and every few winters it drops to 25 or 26.

[@mozee01]

great videos. I have to ask u. I have a haas avacado i grew from a seed and it got to about 2 ft in the pot and all of a sudden the leaves wilted and fell off. Now the plant is still there with a healthy trunk but no leaf growth what so ever. What can I do to promote leaf growth at this situation. Ty so much

[@ericmatthews7264]

Can I request an Anaheim tree/fruit profile? I have an Anaheim bought from lowes 5 gallon 2 years ago. Produced one last year in 15 gallon pot. Just put it in the ground. Limbs and branches seem spindly and thin

[@arcangel9546]

I know type b avocados tend to be less productive, but how productive is sharwil?

[@nancal2171]

Greg, where can i buy a Sharwill in San Diego? I also wonder what you know about the trees they are selling at Costco warehouse right now called Lil Cado.

[@gregalderdotcom]

I saw some Sharwils at Walter Andersen Nursery in Point Loma a couple weeks ago. Bonita Creek Nursery has also made Sharwil trees in the past. Up north, you can find them at Atkins and at Subtropica Nurseries in Fallbrook. See my post here for contact info for these places: gregalder.com/yardposts/where-to-buy-an-avocado-tree/ If the Costco trees labeled "Lil Cado" were grown by Everde (look at the tag or sticker on the container), then they are likely the variety called Wurtz. It's an old variety that originated in Encinitas, is a relatively slow-growing tree, fruits pretty well, and is decent eating.