The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Avocado Inspection Program (AIP) has issued avocado release dates as listed below.
| Variety | Size 40 | Size 48 | Size 60 | Size 70 & Smaller |
| Bacon | Oct 21 | Nov 4 | Nov 25 | Dec 9 |
| Fuerte | Oct 27 | Nov 10 | Dec 1 | Dec 15 |
| Hass | Nov 28 | Dec 12 | Jan 2 | Jan 16 |
| Zutano | Nov 16 | Nov 30 | Dec 21 | Jan 4 |
| Variety | Size 28 | Size 32 | Size 36 | Size 40 | Size 48 & Smaller |
| Pinkerton | Nov 23 | Dec 7 | Dec 21 | Dec 28 | Jan 11 |
| Variety | Size 32 | Size 36 | Size 40 | Size 48 | Size 60 & Smaller |
| Gwen | Feb 6 | Feb 20 | Mar 6 | Mar 20 | Apr 3 |
| Variety | Size 32 | Size 36 | Size 40 | Size 48 | Size 60 | Size 70 & Smaller |
| Lamb Hass | May 8 | May 22 | Jun 5 | Jun 19 | Jul 3 | Jul 17 |
| Variety | Size 28 | Size 32 | Size 36 | Size 40 | Size 48 & Smaller |
| Reed | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Variety | Size 32 | Size 36 | Size 40 | Size 48 | Size 60 | Size 70 & Smaller |
| Gem (*SJV Region) | Oct 30 | Nov 13 | Nov 27 | Dec 11 | Dec 25 | Jan 8 |
| Variety | Size 32 | Size 36 | Size 40 | Size 48 | Size 60 | Size 70 & Smaller |
| Gem (**S/N Region) | Dec 24 | Jan 7 | Jan 21 | Feb 4 | Feb 18 | Mar 4 |
*The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) Region is comprised of the following counties: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare.
**The Southern and Northern (N/N) Regions include all other counties within the State.
For further information regarding maturity release dates for a variety not listed above, please contact AIP (contact information can be found in the right column on this page).
