Understanding Our Avocado Varieties

The chart below shows when each avocado variety is at its prime. Some of our heirloom varieties, such as Fuerte, Nabal, Daily 11, and Lamb Hass, produce every other year, while others — like Hass, Zutano, Samee, and Pinkerton — yield crops annually.

Each month, we taste-test our avocados before shipping to ensure you receive the best flavor and quality in every box. All avocados are picked, packed, and shipped from our family grove directly to your doorstep.

You simply choose how many avocados you’d like each month, and we'll handle the rest. We ship year-round across the United States, delivering farm-fresh avocados no matter the season.

Below, you’ll find a list of our current varieties along with their unique characteristics, textures, and flavors — helping you get to know and appreciate each one.

Season Schedule

Varieties & Characteristics

Winter & Spring

Pueblo

  • Medium size, thin black skin, small seed, taste and consistency rich and smooth like a Fuerte October to December

Zutano

  • Large size, thin lite green skin, large seed, taste is fresh and smooth, October thru January (very strong seed stock…used commercially today)

Bacon

  • Large size, thin dark green skin, large seed, rich creamy Fuerte like consistency, December thru January

Samee

  • Medium to large size, thin velvety skin, small seed, rich & creamy with a hint of spicy consistency, November thru February

Sir Prize

  • Large sized, thin black skin, small seed, taste & consistency rich, and creamy like a Fuerte, November to March

Fuerte

  • Medium to Large sized, thin green skin, medium seed, excellent creamy rich taste consistency, October thru April (AN OLD FAVORITE)

Early Summer

Pinkerton

  • Large size, Thicker pebbly green skin, small seed, green rich creamy consistency December thru April (ripens from the inside out)

Mexicola

  • Medium to large oval shape, thin black skin, large seed, peppery fresh creamy taste, March thru May (original seed stock)

Wurtz

  • Medium size, thicker green skin, medium seed, rich creamy taste and consistency, March thru June, grows like a vine, (The summer Fuerte)

Hass

  • The GOLD standard today, medium size, thick black skin, small seed, rich nutty flavor, January thru July depending on imports

Daily 11

  • Giant size, 3 to 4#;s, very thick green skin, medium seed, rich creamy consistency, May thru July, (our largest but picky producer)

Sharwell

  • Medium sized green skin, mid-season, one of the best tasting

Summer and Fall

Ettenger

  • Medium to large size, small seed, rich creamy consistency, April thru July Fuerte like in shape and size

Nabal

  • Large to Giant round size, very thick green modeled skin, large seed, Rich smooth consistency, April thru July, one of the original finicky favorites

Reed

  • Large to Giant round size, very thick dark green skin, Medium seed, Rich nutty consistency, May thru September-October

Lamb Hass

  • Large to Giant size, Very thick black skin, small seed, Rich nutty like the Hass and reed consistency, May thru September-October, our Thanksgiving Guac

Gem

  • Medium size, Oval shaped, green to black pebbly skin, small seed, rich creamy(nutty)consistency June thru November, Our new late season Hass like

Queen

  • Largest known variety. 3 to 5# very thick/Black skinned. Hass like texture & taste, mid to late season

 

The thick to very thick-skinned fruit can pose a problem to some not used to a thick skinned fruit, to check ripeness, use the toothpick trick.

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