Is The Monroe Avocado Worth Keeping?

I have too many avocado trees. Trying to decide which ones to keep and which one to not keep.
You can order Monroe Avocados at
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[@SleepyLizard]

Paul, I've enjoyed talking and texting with you about your decision on which late season varieties to keep. I'm biased but I really love the Monroe and I'm so happy to hear your decision to keep the Monroe and graft another variety onto it. You're right, some years my Choquette's will skip but the Monroe is a work horse..I get a great yield year after year. Also, if your plan is to maximize the amount of months you have homegrown avocados the Choquette season overlaps with Catalina but the Monroe starts 6 weeks later and I've kept them on the tree into February and they taste just fine. You can refrigerate and keep a few into March and that only leaves April and May until the earlies start. Also, I'm pretty sure you mentioned you have an early that's going to start in March so once you get that going you'll have 12 months of coverage. Another consideration at least so far is that the Monroe appears to be more resistant to laurel wilt but we're not sure if that trend will continue into the future. Finally, it's good to not be too overloaded (literally) with late varieties because they overlap hurricane season and you could wind up not only losing your whole crop but also damaging the trees in a tropical storm or hurricane. Whereas if a storm comes after you've picked your earlies you not only got to enjoy the fruit but you can prune the tree down and make it more likely to stay up in a storm. I love seeing your backyard and I'm hoping for an invitation so we can discuss not only your thought process on avocados but how you plan the entire space across everything you grow. And thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it!

[@OrlandoBackyardGardening]

Tom… thanks for the info

[@SleepyLizard]

@@OrlandoBackyardGardening Paul does such a great job conveying knowledge. He has a very thoughtful approach to how he manages his collection and I'm glad I got to meet him.

[@MrsJosephBMoore]

It’s so inspiring to see how much food you grow in your yard. We live in the Midwest. Avocados don’t grow where I’m at, however we have decided to put a large orchard in next year. We have several fruit trees already, about 20, and wild berries, wild mulberry trees, wild black walnut etc. So we have some wild edibles and a few fruit trees we haven’t harvested off of yet, but we’re going to expand so I can stay raw throughout the year. Thank you for your inspiration. It truly helps. Shalom~

[@vladdelto7491]

I like Monroe it's a good tasting avocado. I only buy dwarf or semi dwarf fruit trees, so to extend the season I planted maria black ( Aug till early Oct) wurtz (Nov-Dec) and brooks late (Jan-early march) .

[@johnbanach3875]

This is an interesting question. Although Monroe is not a top-tier avocado flavorwise (probably equal to Choquette), it has virtues that other Florida winter avocados lack. It's a consistent, heavy bearer. Choquette is alternate-bearing, and I think that's true with Kampong, which produces a much lighter crop in a good year. Oro Negro is another light producer, and many of us have not had success growing this tree. Monroe is pretty standard West Indian in flavor, good but nothing that would knock your socks off. I do suspect there's variability in its flavor, like any fruit, so anywhere from bland to very good, but watery rather than oily or dense as far as the consistency. Bottom line: I'm keeping my tree, but will try to graft a second variety on it. If you have room for a second winter variety, Kampong, or Oro Negro I guess, would be a good choice. Ronnie would be another option, and we'll see how Lolo works out when Julian Lara starts to propagate that one.

[@debraarizona4809]

I enjoy your videos learning a lot about fruit trees.😃💯💯💯💯👍🏽

[@MsFishingdog]

I have three monroe avocado trees. they all have avocados on them. I like monroe avocados. been eating them.

[@jolus6678]

i just planted a Monroe and a Catalina. Monroe was the only B type variety I could find locally here in St. Pete . Oddly all the other varieties I could find were type A.

[@JosephErickson-zj1bh]

My Simmonds has been providing great avocados for the last two months and there's still plenty left.

[@johnbanach3875]

Simmonds in December?? How is that possible? It's supposed to be a July/August/early September fruit. Where do you live?

[@doodle_bug05]

Wow that Monroe Monroe avocado from sleepy lizard looks great.

[@coreypagano4124]

The Monroe Avocados are small this year becuase most trees bloomed and set fruit like crazy. Due to the amount of fruit they came out smaller unless you thin the tree out. Thats probably what Sleep Lizard Farm did. Thanks for the video. I have been thinking about getting rid of my Monroe but they are so good I can't. lol. What season is Improved Polluck? I got one from lara but cant remember the season. Is it same as Polluck? That's a mid season I think...

[@FruitfulTrees]

yes mid season

[@stevenboaz2952]

Great videos Paul..... They are so popular that after you post them nurseries sell out of the tree's you're talking about. I tried to get the Improved Pollock that you talked about a month ago from Julian and he was out! Would you be willing to sell me yours, please!!? I would love to get one in the ground. I've already got one of the Maria Black from Leaph on your advice. Thanks

[@FruitfulTrees]

another one you should get is Kampong. Trust me, it's amazing and will sell out. Lara Farms has it. video coming soon

[@DurtyMateo]

I don't see your Ronnie. Did you get rid of it? If you did what was the reason? I tried 2 for the first time this year from Lara. Pretty good avos. Garden looks great btw!

[@FruitfulTrees]

I still have it. I just did a video where I tasted it. Very good

[@cecilhoo9097]

Hi how u doing. My monroe tree finally bore 6 avocados for the first time after 6 years. Honestly i feel the same way as u in regards to the monroe. I feel that they r way over rated. Its watery and bland and mine were about 1 pound or less.

[@williamholden8209]

Paul I have an unknown avocado that will only ripen after January as I bought it mislabeled. It is a type A. It tends to drop most of its fruit so I'm disappointed with it. I'm looking for a type b avocado that I'd like to be a mid season and would like it to check most of the quality boxes. Good production, great taste, cold hardy as I'm in Port Saint Lucie, good flesh to seed ratio, consistent ripening and so on. Any of your great input would really help. Thank you. Bill.

[@FruitfulTrees]

if you do the research and have people who know try it and look at the tree when they are ripe you can figure out what variety it is

[@valerieescabi6104]

Shalom 💖🙏🏻

[@francocarrieri1988]

Graft the Miguel on to the Munroe.

[@danieltorok8589]

If I may make a suggestion? Remove the Monroe and add a Ronnie. It’s the wildcard. It may give you avo’s to cover another 1-2 months after your 9 months of fruit. I got a small one, probably from Lara, and it doubled in size this year and one fruit is hanging. For perspective, all of my Oro Negro has fell off. I have the Ronnie on tree and plumping up still. There is so little info on these out there, so I don’t know when the best time to pick is. What I may do is just let it fall off and see when that is and plan around that timeframe based on the Oros.

[@danieltorok8589]

That said, the Monroe may have the same time on tree and may taste better 🤷🏻‍♂️. Ha. Not too helpful, but I don’t think many people really consider the Ronnie.

[@FruitfulTrees]

Thank you. I have a ronnie

[@BIGGGY305]

Does your orange sherbet tree produce well?

[@FruitfulTrees]

it's newer so nothing yet but hopefully this year

[@charlesspann8368]

Hi Paul If you sell the Monreo avocado I’m instrested

[@gadielgomez2709]

I thought the Monroe was better than Choquette. Isn't it? I have not tried any of those yet.

[@FruitfulTrees]

I hear it is but some people also love choquette. I enjoy them both

[@johndodge8999]

😭

[@GariksGarden]

Why don’t you graft your trees with different varieties of avocados 🤓

[@enriqueaguilar422]

It’s artificial fertilizers that would get them that big .

[@johnbanach3875]

What kind of fertilizer? It wouldn't be nitrogen.

[@enriqueaguilar422]

@@johnbanach3875 u would have to ask the farming industry since they’re the ones who manage and have experts to do these kinds of thing . I can guarantee u 100% that avocado is NOT organic unlike his .

[@johnbanach3875]

@@enriqueaguilar422 I contacted this grower, and he does nothing to make his avocados large. He takes care of his trees, and the fruit is naturally large on his farm. Why would he lie and deceive customers? Look at mangos. People use potassium to get fruit to set or calcium to prevent internal breakdown. Also they apply boron to their trees. Is this all somehow objectionable in your eyes?

[@enriqueaguilar422]

@@johnbanach3875 I’m not talking about the man in the video I’m talking about the one he got from another grower .

[@misaventuras6995]

What about taking some of you mangoes out, you probably have some that you don't favor anymore.

[@FruitfulTrees]

in the future I may have to but I want to see what ones do well first

[@misaventuras6995]

@@FruitfulTrees makes sense.

[@yuliakhonina1134]

На еврея похож странно почему на англиском разговаривает , а не на иврите.