Lamb is a late-season avocado variety, meaning that its fruit isn’t ready for picking until the summer. I start picking my Lambs in July. But when does the season end? How long can mature Lamb avocados be stored on the tree?
*In his article for the California Avocado Society’s 1997 Yearbook, titled “Eight Predictions,” Gray Martin wrote, “I have never eaten a rancid tasting ‘Lamb/Hass’, whereas ‘Hass’ is generally “over” for me by July.” Martin’s entire article is well worth a pensive read.
See my full profile of the Lamb avocado variety.
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Thanks for the article on Lamb Haas. I have a young Lamb tree that has one avocado on it. I understand that lamb is a late avocado (I.e. ripe at the second July after pollination), but I always get confused with the timing when reading about dates. When you talk about tasting the January Lamb fruit, you are talking about fruit that is harvested in the second January, that is, that is fruit that is 1 year older than Fuerte (for example) that was pollinated at the same time but harvested in the first January. I need to see a timeline to figure it all out!
Yes, Richard! You’re right about the timing, and you’re right that it is confusing. I wish I had been more clear about this in the video.
Here’s the timeline for the Lamb fruit in the above video:
Pollination, spring 2021; (Normal harvest, summer 2022;) Late harvest, January 2023.
Hello Greg, Last fall we purchased & planted a 15 gallon Lamb Hass. We worried all through the terrible rains & cold weather that we’ve had in Los Angeles, that it might not make it. Thank goodness it survived. We can now see new growth and are confused. It looks like we have 2 different trees. There is a very healthy thick stalk that has grown from the very bottom close to the soil. It has different looking branches & leaves and actually looks healthier than the other stalk, which is supposed to be the Lamb and it’s as tall as the other stalk. It seems to be growing faster. It doesn’t have any buds/flowers (yet). The other stalk that we assume is a Lamb, is starting the flower. I’m guessing maybe it’s the root stock that’s sent off a shoot and the graft above it, is the Lamb Hass. If we have a Lamb Hass, would the root stock also be Lamb Hass? Would they have used another non fruit variety as the root stock and it’s growing? Could we have a combination tree? Does that happen? Is it possible? Should we wait to see if anything happens with the stalk that’s not flowering? Should we cut it off? I’m worried that this stalk is taking resources from the Lamb Hass. TIA
Our lamb has been in the ground only 1 and half years .has at least one dozen pieces of fruit and they are getting quite large
. We live in Fallbrook , San Diego county . Home of many Avocado groves . We live on an old avocado grove of Fuertes trees. . Probably 80 year old trees . , only have 5 trees left . Small fruit but so good in flavor. So we excited to have planted one Lamb , one Hass , one Gem .