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| Future Products in R&D Now: |
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Lithium Battery Resurrection |
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BLT Special |
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Water Purification |
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Fig varieties and tastes |
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Water conservation |
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
avocado: budwood
| Attribute |
Cadway Cado |
Hass |
| #1 - Flavor - most important |
Noticably better than Hass |
Very good |
| #2 - fruit size |
Medium |
Medium |
| #3 - Skin thickness |
Medium thick |
thick |
| #4 - Seed size |
Varies by pollinator |
Varies by pollinator |
| #5 - Seed coat |
Slippery |
Flesh sometimes sticks to seed |
| #6 - Skin peel |
peels easily |
peels easily |
| #7 - Flesh turns brown |
turns brown slowly |
turns brown quickly |
| #8 - Ripening color |
green with brown speckles |
turns dark brown/black |
| #9 - tree growth |
Fast growth - gets big fast |
Medium growth |
| #10 - Type - A or B |
B type |
A type |
| #11 - Strings in flesh |
none |
none |
| #12 - Tree shape |
X-mas tree shape |
Spraling |
| #13 - Fruit protection from sun |
Hides fruit under leaves |
Many fruit lost to sunburn |
| #14 - productivity |
Very productive for a B type, but less productive than Hass |
Very productive - excellent |
| #15 - Picking from tree |
Pull at angle leaves nub on fruit |
Nubs are frequently pulled from fruit |
| #16 - When to pick |
Feb to Sept |
April to August |
| #17 - Oil level |
A little less than Hass |
Good oil level |
| #18 - Alternate bearing |
More alternate bearing than Hass |
Alternate bearing sensitive to weather conditions |
| #19- Skin grittiness |
More gritty than Hass later in season |
very little grittiness |
| #20 - Flesh color |
Nice green and yellow gradient |
Nice green and yellow gradient |
| #21 - Pollination |
Excellent pollinator. Will increase A type production, (Hass) and give great quality fruit as well. |
Good pollinator in general |
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Cadway Cado
Hass
Reed
Nabal
Fuerte
Flavor
a or b
productivity
- effect of sun - sunburn on fruit, hiding under leaves - alternate bearing seed size and coat
Stem - removal from tree - breaks leaving stub - stub break brown after ripening - cutting stem
fruit color - oxidation
time - pretty, apetizing, - pale? - gradient - ripening, how long on tree - hang time - - how long on counter, in frig
skin - color - brittle - priable - pealing - thickness - bumpy smooth - protection from rats -
grit -
pollination
- temperature - a or b - morning female - rain, bees sleeping - knats flys, other bugs, hand
strings
- location - thicker as fruit is larger - texture
picking time
- oil level as maturing - watery - when edible - dropping off tree at maturity
time on tree
- storage on tree -
tree shape - xmas - spraling - hiding fruit, protection - trunk sunburn - stem sunburn - drooping -vigorous growth - slow growth - removing twigs branches to let the sun in.
varieties ripening overlapping for steady flow of fruit
Soil - drainage, compost, bark mulch
Scions - new growth, soft - bud and cleft grafting -
shipping - commercial
- backyard
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