Editing Avocado (section)

====A cultivars====

* [[Choquette avocado|'Choquette']]: [[File:Avocado cv Choquette.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Avocado 'Choquette' grafted]] A seedling from Miami, Florida. 'Choquette' bore large fruit of good eating quality in large quantities and had good disease resistance, and thus became a major cultivar. Today 'Choquette' is widely propagated in south Florida both for commercial growing and for home growing.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Crane|first1=Jonathan H.|last2=Balerdi|first2=Carlos F.|last3=Maguire|first3=Ian|date=2018|title=Avocado Growing in the Florida Home Landscape|url=https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg213|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125190514/https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg213|archive-date=2020-11-25|access-date=2021-01-10|website=edis.ifas.ufl.edu|language=English}}</ref>
* 'Gwen': A seedling bred from 'Hass' x 'Thille' in 1982, 'Gwen' is higher yielding and more dwarfing than 'Hass' in California. The fruit has an oval shape, slightly smaller than 'Hass' ({{convert|100|-|200|g|oz|frac=2|abbr=on|disp=or}}), with a rich, nutty flavor. The skin texture is more finely pebbled than 'Hass', and is dull green when ripe. It is frost-hardy down to {{convert|-1|°C|°F|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sidnam|first=Bill|date=1992-04-26|title=Gwen Avocado Produces More in Less Space|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-26-re-1139-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110224857/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-26-re-1139-story.html|archive-date=2021-01-10|access-date=2021-01-10|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Hass avocado|'Hass']]: [[File:Hass avocado -white background.jpg|thumb|right|Two 'Hass' avocados]] The 'Hass' is the most common cultivar of avocado. It produces fruit year-round and accounts for 80% of cultivated avocados in the world.<ref name="WCA" /><ref name="Avocado.org 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.avocado.org/about/avocado-history/mother-tree|author=<!--Staff writer; no by-line.-->|title=The Hass Mother Tree: 1926–2002|work=Avocado.org|pages='About Avocados: History' section|publisher=[[California Avocado Commission]]|location=[[Irvine, CA]]|date=2008|access-date=27 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913165316/http://www.avocado.org/about/avocado-history/mother-tree|archive-date=13 September 2008}}</ref> All 'Hass' trees are descended from a single "mother tree" raised by a mail carrier named [[Rudolph Hass]], of [[La Habra Heights, California]].<ref name="IF" /><ref name="Avocado.org 1" /> Hass patented the productive tree in 1935. The "mother tree", of uncertain subspecies, died of [[root rot]] and was cut down in September 2002.<ref name="WCA" /><ref name="Avocado.org 1" /><ref name=lat-2003sep07>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-07-me-avocado7-story.html "Avocado Tree's Demise Is the Pits for Growers; Fitting farewell sought for 'mother'"]. [[Los Angeles Times]], 7 September 2003.</ref> 
* [[Lula (avocado)|'Lula']]: A seedling reportedly grown from a 'Taft' avocado planted in Miami on the property of George Cellon, it is named after Cellon's wife, Lula. It was likely a cross between Guatemalan and Mexican types. 'Lula' was recognized for its flavor and high oil content and propagated commercially in Florida.
* [[Maluma (avocado)|'Maluma']]: A relatively new cultivar, it was discovered in South Africa in the early 1990s by Mr. A.G. (Dries) Joubert. It is a chance seedling of unknown parentage.
* 'Pinkerton': First grown on the Pinkerton Ranch in [[Saticoy, California]], in the early 1970s, 'Pinkerton' is a seedling of 'Hass' x 'Rincon'. The large fruit has a small seed, and its green skin deepens in color as it ripens. The thick flesh has a smooth, creamy texture, pale green color, good flavor, and high oil content. It shows some cold tolerance, to {{convert|-1|°C|°F|abbr=on}} and bears consistently heavy crops. A hybrid Guatemalan type, it has excellent peeling characteristics.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* 'Reed': Developed from a chance seedling found in 1948 by James S. Reed in California, this cultivar has large, round, green fruit with a smooth texture and dark, thick, glossy skin. Smooth and delicate, the flesh has a slightly nutty flavor. The skin ripens green. A Guatemalan type, it is hardy to {{convert|-1|°C|°F|abbr=on}}. Tree size is about {{convert|5|by|4|m|ft|frac=2|abbr=on}}.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}