Avocado - Choquette (Type A) advancedA giant fruit weighting over 1kg. Good eating variety with smooth flesh and a creamy, rich flavour. The trees have good disease resistance, it is a cross between a Guatemalan and a West Indian type avocado and has smooth green skin when ripe. Approx 1m tall. Preferred Climate Subtropical, Warm Temperate Grown From Grafted Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) 5 10m Plants required to Pollinate1+ Beneficial (cross pollination helps with
Betel plants are cutlivated for their leaves which is most commonly used as flavoring in chewing areca nut (betel nut chewing)
but it deserves to be more widely cultivated as a home fruit
Fruiting/Harvest MonthsJuly
and oatmeal
The fruit has extended holding times whilst on the tree
To eat raw in a salad or use as a wrapping the young tender leaves are best
Native to Central America (Belize
H Aug - Sept
with a very thin dark green rind and a “lime” green flesh
featured in the Mediterranean garden or other ornamental planting
rewarding you with a another crop the following season
These high yielding precocious hybrid selections will grow outside of the tropics