Type
Type B, cold-tolerant
Avocado variety
Bacon Avocado
A green-skinned cultivar with a lighter, mild flavor and useful cold tolerance for an avocado. It can be a good companion pollinizer for Type A varieties.
Season
late fall to spring
Best for
cooler avocado areas and pollination
About Bacon
Bacon is a green-skinned, smooth, oval avocado with mild, creamy flesh and better cold tolerance than Hass. It is a type B flowering cultivar often used in home gardens.
Growing Bacon Avocado
Bacon can serve as a pollinizer for type A cultivars and can crop by itself. Give it frost protection when young, and use a picked-fruit softening test to identify the proper harvest window.
Full growing guide
For planting, care, pollination, and harvest that apply to all avocado, see the complete guide.
How to grow AvocadoOther avocado varieties
Variety characteristics are general guidance for US home gardens; chill hours, hardiness, and pollination vary, so confirm suitability for your zone. Availability differs by supplier. Page updated Aug 4, 2026.