Australia's largest grower of Kensington Pride mangoes, Manbulloo, has just signed the rights to three new avocado varieties that have come from New Zealand through its sister company, Manbulloo Fruit Company.
Marie Piccone, owner and managing director of Manbulloo Fruit Company, said: "Rather than stick with planting even more Hass, when there are some situations where there are just too many Hass around, we wanted to offer customers and consumers a new experience. Now we've got material here in Australia we want to plant out commercially on a pilot basis, in various regions across Australia to assess the three different varieties."
Ms Piccone said with the huge proliferation of Hass all over the world, it was time consumers got more choice with varieties. Hoping to have avocado growers plant out trees this year, Ms Piccone said the varieties had a nutty, buttery flavour. They are also "green skin" varieties, like Shepherd avocados, that do not go brown when cut.
Source: abc.net.au