Description/Taste
The Mexicola Grande avocado is similar to its parent variety, the Mexicola avocado, with its paper-thin, glossy black skin that is easy to peel and is also uniquely edible, with an anise-like flavor. However, the Mexicola Grande is about fifteen to twenty-five percent larger, weighing six to ten ounces, with a slightly rounder shape. It has creamy and delicate flesh that is deep green near the skin and yellow near the seed, with a smooth, rich, nutty flavor. The Mexicola Grande avocado tree is a fast-growing, tall and spreading evergreen, reaching up to thirty feet high and twenty feet wide. It is cold tolerant to eighteen degrees F., making it one of the hardiest avocado cultivars, and it is known to be primarily a home-garden avocado tree. Avocado varieties are additionally identified as being either Type A or Type B, referring to their flowering type. The Mexicola Grande is a Type A variety. All individual avocado flowers have both male and female parts, opening first as female, closing, and then reopening as male. However, the two types open and close in a different pattern, creating an overlap between the male stage of one variety and the female stage of another and allowing for cross-pollination.
Seasons/Availability
Mexicola Grande avocados are available from late summer through mid-winter.
