Brogden
IMPORTANT READ BEFORE Make your Grafting Request Order
We are only able to graft twice a year, Late Spring & Late Summer.
- If we receive the order between after September 24th and before May 1st, The trees will be grafted in Spring & should be ready by the end of the year.
- For orders made after May 01st and before of September 24th will be grafted in late Summer and should be ready in the Spring following year, May most likely.
Only Once the small tree has completed two flushes of growth since it was grafted do we consider it ready to leave our nursery.
(Estimated time is 6 to 8 months. Some varieties take longer time to growth)
Brogden (often misspelled "Brogdon") is a complex hybrid with some Mexican-type parentage that originated in Winter Haven, FL in the 1930s. It was a seedling from the property of Tom W. Brogden.
The cultivar began to receive some recognition in the 1950s, due to the combination of its high eating quality, steady good production and extremely strong cold-hardiness as a mature tree. Older Brogden trees have been known to survive sub-20 Fahrenheit freezes in north-Central Florida.
The fruit are small, pear-shaped, and start to turn black when reaching maturity. This makes them easy to harvest, and they can be left to turn completely black on the tree or can be picked and will continue to turn black as they ripen off the tree. The skin is thin and edible, with the flesh green-yellow in color, with good oil content and nutty flavor. The seeds tend to be large, and Brogden's flesh-to-seed ratio is on the low end. They usually ripen very evenly, compared to many varieties with pure Mexican genes that do not.
The trees are vigorous growers, with spreading, open canopy. They produce B-type flowers.
Brogden is an early season avocado for us, normally ripening between Jule and the beginning of September. We really enjoy them and consider it to be one of the better choices for Florida yards.