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Exotic Orchard Nursery and Farm

Bacon Avocado (Persea americana)

Bacon avocado is a green-skinned variety of good quality, it is a medium-sized fruit available late fall into spring. The fruit is oval-shaped, it has medium to large seed. Hardy variety that can take light frost. The avocado is a dense, evergreen tree, shedding many leaves in early spring. It is fast growing and can with age reach 80 feet, although usually less, and generally branches to form a broad tree. Some cultivars are columnar, others selected for nearly prostrate form. One cultivar makes a good espalier. Growth is in frequent flushes during warm weather in southern regions with only one long flush per year in cooler areas. Injury to branches causes a secretion of dulcitol, a white, powdery sugar, at scars. Roots are coarse and greedy and will raise pavement with age.

We are shipping plants in a rootball. These trees are about 3 feet tall.