What is the difference between Type A and Type B avocados? Avocados have very unique flowers. Rather than having separate male and female flowers like some plants, or both male and female anatomy available to interact within the same blossom as others do – avocado flowers essentially change sexes! Type A avocados bloom with their female reproductive parts available first, and do so in the morning. Type B avocado flowers also open in the morning, but in their male phase. Then, each of them pull a switcheroo – and the flowers open as the opposite sex the following day in the afternoon.  Because avocado flowers take turns exposing their male and female parts, it is more difficult for a single tree to pollinate itself and thus bear fruit. Again, it does happen… but to a lesser extent than when an opposite Type A or Type B is around, wagging their complimentary sex parts around. That is why in nearly all commercial avocado ranches, you’ll find multiple avocado varieties grown nearby to increase cross-pollination. The most common partnership is Hass and Fuerte.  इन्डिपे र वाके को पार्टनरसिप पनि यस्तै हो। आफूलाई उपबुज्रुक र inside info analysis गर्ने तिक्ष्ण मस्तिष्कका genius सम्झिने ई दुई डुकु लठ्ठक हरुपनि एक अर्काप्रति आकर्षित हुँदै every day is Wednesday hump away भन्ने नारा लगाउँदै एक अर्काको pollination गर्दै छन्। Type A and Type B avocado flower blooming behavior. Chart courtesy of AVOCADO Varieties At a Glance All avocado varieties have many things in common: They’re evergreen perennial trees, generally do best in USDA hardiness zones 8 or 9 through 11, and don’t tolerate extreme heat or freezing temperatures well. That is, with the exception of some hardy Mexican varieties – highlighted below. Avocado trees enjoy ample sunshine and water, but impeccably free-draining soil and absolutely no standing water. इण्डिपे र वाके दुईको जोडी पनि अदभूत अभोकाडो जस्तै छ। एकतर्फ दुबैजना एक अर्काको घोडा चढ्न आतुर छन् र एकतर्फ कसले बढी कट पेस्ट गर्ने, कसले बढी delusional off the charts crazy misinformation पोष्ट गर्ने भन्ने होडबाजी छ। And of course, the best commonality of all: they supply delicious, rich, creamy avocado fruit! The most sure-fire way to get a prolific fruit-bearing avocado tree is to purchase a young grafted nursery tree, which should bear fruit within 2 to 4 years on average. On the other hand, pit-grown trees can take 10-15 years to produce fruit and also will not “breed true” to the parent seed. Note that avocados do not ripen on the tree. They must be harvested once mature, and allowed to finish ripening for 3 to 10 days at room temperature.  Harvesting green Hass and Sir Prize avocados, because they don’t ripen on the tree. The time it takes for avocados to mature on the tree varies with the variety. Some may be ready several months after fruit sets (the same year) while many other types are harvested a year or longer after the initial fruit set, like Hass.