QLD Hass quality increases as season progresses

Figure 1. Unacceptable Australian grown fruit by defect type (>10% defects) in May and June 2025.

Queensland Hass avocado quality has steadily improved after a rocky start. In April, only 80% of fruit met acceptable standards, rising to 86% in May and reaching 94% in June, surpassing the industry target of 90%. Notably, the incidence of unacceptable body and stem-end rots dropped sharply in June. Body rots fell from 5.1% in May to just 0.3%, while stem-end rots declined from 1.3% to 0%. Vascular browning and flesh discolouration were also minimal in June, with each defect affecting only 0.5% of fruit (Figure 1).

Maturity monitoring program shifts focus to Western Australia and Tristate fruit

The AV22011 wholesale maturity monitoring program continued in June, with three samples of Hass fruit collected from Queensland and New South Wales. All samples collected exceeded the industry standard of 23% dry matter, with dry matter results ranging from 24% to 32%. No fruit from Tristate or Western Australia has been available for sampling so far, but regular sampling events will continue to monitor any immature fruit that enters the market.

Well done to growers Avondale, Cherry Creek Orchards EG & DJ Fabian, whose fruit was sampled in June and exceeded the minimum maturity standard.

To ensure consumers have the best eating experience, make sure that fruit you harvest meets the minimum dry matter standards of 21% for Shepard and 23% for Hass. Continue to monitor your dry matter levels as your harvest progresses. More information on dry matter testing is available of the BPR HERE – Log in and the Maturity page will open automatically.

This article appears as part of the 21 July 2025 edition of our enewsletter, Guacamole.

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