mulchlady, it can be any number of varieties, difficult to tell from the picture. I pick my avocados when green, to be sure that they are fully mature I wait till I see a dot of black in them, harvest them and let them ripen indoors.

Here is some of the harvest, the ones in the bottom are ready to eat.

Maybe you can id your avocado from this website.

Silvia

https://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/articles/fruit/varieties_avocado.htm

Thanks, Silvia. I don't see any black on them yet, but it's something I can look for. When do you start to see color changes on yours? I'm so worried that I'll wait too late to pick and they'll be past thier peak.

i'll check out the website. Whenever I try to identify them, they look like several others in the pictures and I can't pick mine out. Sigh. New to Florida, new to growing avocados. So much to learn

mulchlady, I don't know what zone you are in but in my zone 9b they are ripening very fast with this heat, faster than any other year. I have been giving avocados by the hundreds already, after I pick them green they ripen in less than a week. If I was you, I would start ripening at least one. Welcome to Florida! And start eating avocados for breakfast, lunch and dinner just like me.:)

Silvia

It looks in my house like an unlimited supply of avocados, I even mailed them up north to my brothers, I knocked my neighbors doors, they go to a workplace every day, it brings me happiness because all the recipients are enjoying the harvest and yes to my knowledge freezing is the only way to preserve them, one year I did that. It is a long harvest, it begun in June and the tree is still packed. Good thing that everyone loves avocados and they are so healthy for you and I never eat them in guacamole, eat them with eggs, with a salad, with shrimp, hot sauce and a lot of citrus. There are probably hundreds ways to eat an avocado...

Silvia

I'm in zone 10b. I will pick one and see what happens. Thank !