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Grouped with in three principal races are about two dozen varieties of commercial value. Of the California varieties, the Fuerte is the production leader accounting for more than 75 percent (average) of the annual crop. Other California varieties of importance include Hass, Bacon& Zutano, the Nabal of the Guatemalan race; the Anaheim; the Dickinson; Carlsbad; Itzamma and Edranol all of the Guatemalan race. Mexican race varieties include the Puebla and previously mentioned Zutano. Florida varieties, in order of commercial importance, are: Booth 8; Lola; Booth 7; and Waldin. Waldin appears on the market in late August followed by Booth 8 in early September , Booth 7 in early October and Lula in mid-October. Fuchs appears in late April, Pollack in mid-July and Hickson in mid-October, making up the next three varieties in order of importance.
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