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Comparison: CadwayCado™ vs Hass
CadwayCado 2021

Below is a comparison of the famous Hass and the new CadwayCado™ Read below to learn why you should have both.

Left: Picture of CadwayCado™
Attribute CadwayCado™ Hass
#1 - Flavor Noticeably better than Hass Very good
#2 - fruit size Medium Medium
#3 - Skin thickness Medium thick thick
#4 - Seed size Varies by pollinator Varies by pollinator
#5 - Seed coat Slippery Usually slippery, sometimes sticks
#6 - Skin peel Peels easily peels easily
#7 - Flesh turns brown Flesh stays green/yellow longer turns brown quickly
#8 - Ripening color Green with brown speckles turns dark brown/black to hide bruises
#9 - tree growth Fast growth - gets big fast Medium growth
#10 - Type - A or B B type A type
#11 - Strings in flesh None - Amazing Creaminess Small strings towards stem
#12 - Tree shape Xmas tree shape Sprawling
#13 - Fruit protection from sun Hides fruit under leaves Many fruit lost to sunburn
#14 - productivity Very productive for a B type, but less productive than Hass Very productive - Top producer
#15 - Picking from tree Pull at angle, stem snaps, nub on fruit Nubs are frequently pulled from fruit
#16 - When to pick Feb to Sept April to August
#17 - Oil level A little less than Hass Good oil level
#18 - Alternate bearing More alternate bearing than Hass Alternate bearing sensitive to weather conditions
#19- Skin grittiness More gritty than Hass later in season very little grittiness
#20 - Flesh color Nice green and yellow gradient Nice green and yellow gradient
#21 - Pollination Excellent pollinator. Will increase A type production, (Hass) and give great quality fruit as well. Good pollinator in general
#22 - Ripe after picking 1.5 weeks 2 weeks
#23 - Time in fridge 2-3 days 3-4 days
#24 - Sunburn - tree Protect trunk, limbs usually safe Protect limbs & trunk
Hass avocado surrounded by Cadwaycado avocados I had just picked several CadwayCado™ and washed them and put them on my kitchen counter next to a Hass that had ripened. The medium size Hass looked smaller than the CadwayCado™ avocados, so I decided to take a picture to give a size comparison. I only grow true Hass. The stores sell lots of inferior types of avocados as Hass and most people can't tell the difference - they either taste good or don't. CadwayCado™ avocados range in size comparable to Hass.
Fuerte Remarks
Type B Fuerte was the main avocado sold commercially before Hass. Fuerte is a great tasting avocado and it is very early - picking can start late Nov. Here are the reasons Fuerte lost favor. The Fuerte avocado has a very thin skin which is bad for shipping and requires handling with extreme care. The seed is very large, so the flesh to seed ratio is undesirable. Its flesh has lots of strings. Being one of the earliest varieties, it flowers early, so it has a short pollinating season for late avocados such as Reed. Fuerte is very temperamental - fruit production can be weak to non existent. Weather sensitive.
Strings
Thin Skin
Large seed
 
Reed Remarks
Type A Reed is an excellent avocado. It is an A type and therefore not a desirable pollinator for Hass. I've only seen Reed avocados for sale at Fraser farms. They are usually expensive, but great taste, color, and excellent overall. Start picking Reed in August when Hass picking season is over. You should have the Reed avocado for your home orchard.
Large
Thick Skin
Avg seed
 
Nabal Remarks
Type B Nabal is a large avocado and thought to be the parent of Reed. The picking season for Nabal is around June/July. Pollinating with Nabal yields an avocado with a large seed, therefore better to pollinate with the CadwayCado™. Nabal flesh to seed ratio is undesirable. Nabal is a very good tasting avocado. The thick skin helps protect the tender flesh from rodents etc. The Nabal tree flowers late in the season.
Very Large
Thick Skin
Large seed
 
Hass Remarks
Type A Hass is the most grown avocado in the world. The most productive country is Mexico producing far more tons of avocados than any other country. But, beware, there are other varieties that look similar to Hass that are sold as Hass. Most likely, there are similar varieties to Hass that have been around long before Hass became popular that are sold under the Hass name and they are always inferior to Hass. When you own a Hass tree you get familiar with the Hass shape and appearance, so that you can point out an imposter in a second or two.
Medium
Thick Skin
Med. seed
 
Commercial Grower Suggestion
Commercial Grower Suggestion

A familiar practice is planting some "B" type avocado trees woven with the "A" Hass trees in the orchard for the purpose of increasing fruit yield. Those "B" type trees are usually Zutano or Bacon or other thin skin poor tasting fruit. I just read a study that stated it was proven to be more productive to not plant "B" type trees because having the production from a Hass tree in its place produced more saleable fruit overall.The reason is because the fruit from the "B" type tree is poor quality and not saleable.

I suggest considering that you cut your "B" type tree down to a trunk and graft the CadwayCado™ to it because it will give the pollen for more "A" type fruit production and the CadwayCado's™ will likely be gladly acceptable for sale. I suggest marketing them separately from Hass because they do not turn black when ripe. When you taste one you will understand that the public will accept them and want more.