Alpha

Ashikawa

Beardsley

Beshore

Daily 11 / Otaro

Chris Kelly

Cobain

Cocktail Fuerte

Collin 33

Cooper Late Green

Fuerte

FujikawaVargas

Yamane

Yamagata

Thompson

Tamashiro

Shirai

Serpa

Semil 34

Schattauer 2

Schattauer 1

San Miguel Purple

Rodrigues

Itzamna

Fukumitsu

Green Gold

Hall

Hamachi

Hashimoto

Hayes

Hulumanu

Ilialu

Infante

Infante 2

Masami

Ixtapan J-70

Little Cado / Wurtz

Leal

Kosel

Kaneko

Kellum

Kampong

Kakazu

Johnson

Jeanette

Jan Boyce

Reed

Principe

Papaiko

Pankay

Mr. T

MIT 13

Murashige

Nabal

Naranjo

Nishikawa

Ota

Ohata

Chefs’ Favorites

Kahaluu

Sharwil

Malama

Linda

Hass

Other varieties reportedin Hawaii but not pictured:

AdachiAl BoyceAnaheim

AvilaAztecAzul

BasaluaBenickBon

BoothBrogdenButlerCelaya

CES 526ChangCho

ChronesColinred B

Commonfort 48Duke

Dr. LyonDW1 Bank

ElsieEsbank

FroweGarciaGrip 12HansenHealaniHigashiHoltIrwinJaina

JosefinaKaguahKanolaLehua

LeucadiaLula

LycettMac Arthur

ManikMasutomiMedeirosNotley

MexicolaMonge

Murietta

NowelsNutmegObregonOrganalOzaki

PanchoyPinkertonPollock

ReineckeSato T-53SextonSeyde

SimmondsSt. ClaireTanabeTeague

TheveninTolbeTowse

TsutsumiWainakuWilderWongZutano

Kona Experiment Station

C3 #3

C3 #4

CC3 #5

CC BJW

CC LoV

E3 R10 P2

E3 R12 P4

Egami 1

Egami 2

Egami 3

Egami 4

E3 R13 P3

N 112

MK R2 T1

Mex 24

Mex 14

Mex 9

Mex 5

MAL25 R12 P4

L149

KES MNL

HL R5 T3

HES

N379

RoA

R27 T40

R27 T26

R27 T22

R21 T5

R11 T14

R9 T6

Nishikawa Seedling

NA 66

Waiakea Experiment Station

MacDonald

Malama 2

Nena

R 5-12

Rincon

Ruehle

San Miguel Green

Tanaka 2

Vero Beach Seedling

Wahiawa

AR 911

BR 25-3

Case

Combo 1

Combo 2

CRC 151-2

Dupuis

Esparta

Kashlen

Kosel - Hilo

Big Island Avocados

Avocados, (Persea americana), may have been introduced to Hawaii as early as 1794, possibly by Don Francisco de Paula Marin, a Spanish horticulturalist and confidant of King Kamehameha. Thousands of seedlings have flourished in Hawaii’s microclimates over the past 200 years along with selections brought into the islands after 1901 with the beginning of Hawaii agriculture experiment stations. The fruit can vary greatly from year to year in size, oil content and quantity produced on the tree,depending on weather and soil nutrition. The same or very similar avocados may have different names at different island locations making identification extremely difficult. The avocados shown on this poster were chosen based on University of Hawaii Experiment Station records as well as fromgrower’s families where original or old growth trees exist.The sizes are relative but not always representative in relation to each other.In some cases there may be very few of specific types of trees grown at the experiment stations and not commercially available. They are shown as an expression of the great diversity of avocados that exists in Hawaii.

Acknowledgements:County of Hawaii Department of Research and DevelopmentUniversity of Hawaii CTAHRHawaii Tropical Fruit GrowersAmerican Culinary Federation Kona Kohala Chefs AssociationKelly Asai, Silvia Gianetti-Barber, Dr. Catherine Chan-Halbrendt, Dale Evans, Trent Hata, Dennis Ida, Ryan Kaneko, Jyotsna Krishnakumar, Marc Meisner, Dr. Mike Nagao, Dr. Wayne Nishijima, Margaret Schattauer, Lloyd Shirai, Harold Stene, Lisa Taniguchi, Billy & Brooks Wakefield and Dr. Francis. Zee.© 2009 Ken Love www.hawaiifruit.net