Fruit Maven » Avocado http://fruitmaven.com Your guide through the wild world of fruit. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:28:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Harvest Avocado http://fruitmaven.com/2009/11/harvest-avocado/ http://fruitmaven.com/2009/11/harvest-avocado/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:20:20 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=709 If you tend to like the exotic looking girl who really is no more interesting than the plain looking girl you grew up with, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE 4.5 out of 5 stars

Average sized avocado with black and gorgeous red skin – reminds me of a black widow if black widows were the size of a human fist.  Yikes – sorry no one wants think about that right before eating something.

AROMA 2.5 out of 5 stars

None

TEXTURE 3.5 out of 5 stars

Creamy and soft with some strings. A little more dense than most with a slightly dry, pasty mouth feel. Also the peel was really thick, had-to-sharpen-my-knife-and-still-struggled thick.

TASTE 3.5 out of 5 stars

Somewhat bland as far as avocados go. Nice but nothing to holler about.

OVERALL 3.5 out of 5 stars

I like that this avocado has spunky coloring.  That kind of thing is going to get me every time. I mean aren’t we all a little bored of girls in little black dresses at the party – let’s see more  red sequins please and maybe some feather boas! But I digress.  Other than that, this avocado is ho hum de dum.  I had to doctor it up with garlic and salt in order to eat it and even then, some was left in the bowl .  That is extremely sad for an avocado at my house.  Next.

FRUIT

Avocado

Race

Guatemalan

VARIETY

Harvest

PEAK

Fall

ORIGIN

California

GROWN

UC Irvine

PURCHASED

Free! at California Rare Fruit Growers meeting

NOTES

This is a pretty recent avocado patented in 2003 under the ever so sexy name “N4(-)5″

]]> http://fruitmaven.com/2009/11/harvest-avocado/feed/ 1 Nimlioh Avocado http://fruitmaven.com/2009/11/nimlioh-avocado/ http://fruitmaven.com/2009/11/nimlioh-avocado/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:59:59 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=627 If you like to quote, “Did your man deliver, or did he deliver?”, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE 3.5 out of 5 stars

This is a huge sphere shaped black avocado – bigger than a softball, nice pale green to yellow flesh

AROMA 2.5 out of 5 stars

None

TEXTURE 5 out of 5 stars

The outside is really hard, even when ripe (so you need to test it by sticking a toothpick in to it) but the flesh is perfectly creamy and soft, spreads with a butter knife. No strings like some avocados.

TASTE 5 out of 5 stars

Smooth condensed avocado flavor. This is the most avocadoey (a technical term) avocado that I have ever had.

OVERALL 4 out of 5 stars

I would write my overall thoughts here but I can’t stop the stream of tears coming from my eyes because I have no idea where I will ever find another one of these. I have to launch the search for Finding Nimlioh! I am in creamy, dreamy avocado love.

FRUIT

Avocado

Race

Guatemalan

VARIETY

Nimlioh

PEAK

Fall

ORIGIN

Unknown

GROWN

UC Irvine

PURCHASED

Free!
from a
California Rare
Fruit Growers
meeting
…..

NOTES

I turned this avocado in to guacamole and it seriously lasted for days and days.  This one humongous avocado could easily feed six people if none of those people are me because I am not sharing. No – find your own Nimlioh. This one is mine.
Three races of avocados

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