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Dwarf Avocado - Shepard (B)

Persea americana
Fruit Trees > Subtropical Fruit Trees > Avocado Tree > Dwarf Avocado - Shepard (B)
A small to medium pear-shaped fruit with thick, green skin that peels easily. The fruit has an excellent flavour, medium oil content and does not turn brown when cut. H Feb/March High yielding. It displays good resistance to frost and anthracnose. While ... Read More
Other Names: Sheppard

$54.00 ($54.00-$79.00 choose a size)

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Specifications of Dwarf Avocado - Shepard (B)

Preferred Climate SubtropicalLearn About Climate Zones

Grown From GraftedLearn About Propagation Methods

Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) 5-10m

Plants required to Pollinate 1+ Beneficial (cross pollination helps with fruit set)Learn about Pollination

Can it Handle Frosts? Sometimes

Amount of leaves in Winter? All Leaves (Evergreen)

Water Requirements Moderate Watering

Is it a Dwarf Fruit Tree? No (Full Size)

Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest 2-3 Years

Sun or Shade Full (Sun:80%-100%)

Preferred Soil Type Perfect Drainage (Sand/Volcanic)

Soil pH Neutral (6.6-7.3pH)

Fruiting/Harvest Months February, March, April

Fertiliser All Purpose, Compost, Seaweed

Plant Width 2-4m

Growth Rate Medium

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Establish Avocado
Leaves Evergreen
Colour Flesh Green
Pollination Self Fertile But Pollination Beneficial
Colour Fruit Skin Green
Climate Subtropical
Climate Tropical
Grow Full Sun
Size Height 5-10m
Fruit Picked Unripe
Flesh Texture Smooth
Size Plant Width 5-10m
Ripen Off Tree
Origin South America
Nutrition Fat High
Pollination Avocado B Type
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Pollinators for the Dwarf Avocado - Shepard (B)

Cross pollinate with one of these varieties for fruit set

Avocado - Hass (A)

$79.00 ($54.00-$79.00 choose a size)

Most popular variety due to both its superior taste and excellent keeping qualities. Medium sized, pear-shaped fruit has an excellent creamy, flesh. The leathery rough dark-purple skin turns to black when ripe. H Aug-Dec. Hass is an A type variety and for good fruit set a B type variety is needed for cross pollination. Suggested varieties to grow alongside a Hass are Shepard, Sharwill, Fuerte, Bacon (if you're in a cooler climate)and Linda. Happy fresh avocado smashing.

Dwarf Avocado - Pinkerton (A)

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Dwarf tree producing a rounded fruit with the later crop being more pear-shaped. The thick flesh has a smooth-texture, good flavour and high oil content. It shows some cold tolerance and bears consistently heavy crops. H June to August The fruit is medium sized with green leathery pliable skin and a small seed. This is an excellent choice for backyards, higher yields in trees that are cross pollinated with a 'B'variety avocado near by.
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Avocado - Reed (A)

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Large, round , thick skinned variety with a smooth, green skin. They have a mild to rich flavour and have a good storing ability once cut and placed in the fridge. They are also a great choice for using in salads as they tend not to go mushy as does a Hass when very ripe. H Aug - Dec
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Avocado - Secondo ® (A)

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Superior flavour, with smooth, creamy flesh and pear-shaped, green-skinned, fruits that are textured like hass. A vigorous variety that commences fruiting in its 2nd year. Self pollinating. H Jul - Dec This is a local selection with Hass and Sharwill as parents that was selected by Daleys and is proving an excellent backyard variety as well as being our nursery favourite.

Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A)

$54.00 ($54.00-$79.00 choose a size)

A small tree to about 4m popular for the back yard. A moderate cropper of medium sized rich, high quality fruit. Pear-shaped with dark green skin using Guatamalan rootstock. Aug - Oct Does best if grown with a B type pollinator.

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (A)

$59.00 ($59.00-$79.00 choose a size)

Larger and rounder than most other avocado varieties. It has a very dark, almost black skin that only gets darker as it ripens. The flesh is a pale green colour with a creamier consistency than the more common Hass and it has a slightly nutty and creamy taste. It has a medium-sized seed. Lamb Hass is a smaller tree that bears more fruit and it matures later in the season than regular Hass avocados. The symmetrical fruit has pebbly skin with green flecks. This variety has Plant Breeder Rights over it.
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Avocado - Choquette (A)

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A 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.Daleys is starting production of these in spring 2018 and anticipate having trees for sale by spring 2020.
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Dwarf Avocado - Shepard (B) Reviews & Tips

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Customer Tips & Reviews Dwarf Avocado - Shepard (B)★★★★★ 4.0 of 5 stars

Eva ★★★★★ 1y ago

GREENACRE, NSW

Avocado - Shepard (B)

I love my avocados. So happy I made that choice.

Norma ★★★★★ 2y ago

BIRDWOOD, NSW

Avocado - Shepard (B)

Great tree. Potted on after arrival and will plant out in September after the frosts. I have kept sheltered from frost in my green shade cloth area.

Richard ★★★★★ 3y ago

ALLYNBROOK, NSW, Australia

Avocado - Shepard (B)

Louise ★★★★★ 4y ago

Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Avocado - Shepard (B)

Dont let possums eat them, mine never recovered after being eaten (Hass and Shepard). Ill try again but keep them in pots near the house next time. So sad :(

Aaron Siemienow1 ★★★★ 6y ago

GEROGERY, NSW, Australia

Planted this year. hope it copes with the frosts

rustynutz ★★ 7y ago

EIDSVOLD, QLD, Australia

different varieties planted for fruit cropping spread and different tastes.

Kathleenknoke1 ★★★★ 8y ago

CLIFTLEIGH , NSW, Australia

Pollination 

Serendipity1 ★★★★★ 8y ago

SAMFORD VALLEY, QLD, Australia

purchased in July 2015 and first fruited in December 2016!  Very vigorous growing in vic Brisbane.

L1 ★★★ 13y ago

North Ryde, NSW

Set small fruit after 1 year but dropped them soon after. Flowering again now, but none set yet.

Mike Trenerry 14y ago

Cairns, QLD

Avocado - Sheppard (B)

Of the guatemalans shepard,reed,wurtz and hazzard grow well in my Cairns backyard with shepard being the most productive as it is heat tolerant.Amblipelta and helopeltis bugs take a toll

pedro1 ★★★ 15y ago

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needed one in the garden

C1 ★★★ 16y ago

Logan Village, QLD, Australia

Planted July 2008Very frost senstive... has significant burning this year even after shelter from frost cloth

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