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What Is a Pollock Avocado? DR Caribbean Green-Skin Variety | DS

Pollock is a large, vivid-green Caribbean avocado with mild creamy flavor. Its season window and why buyers use it to diversify away from Hass-only programs.

By Arturo Peguero | International Trade Specialist | Former Dirección de Comercio Exterior | Former International Trade Professor

Last updated: June 2026

Quick Answer: Pollock is a large, oval Caribbean green-skin avocado grown in the Dominican Republic, with vivid green skin and a mild, creamy flavor. It runs roughly July through October, opening the DR green-skin window ahead of Semil 34 and Carla. It is a distinct green-skin category, not a Hass substitute.

What Is a Pollock Avocado?

Pollock is a green-skin avocado variety in the Caribbean family, grown in the Dominican Republic and distinct from Hass. Its traits are a large, oval fruit, vivid green skin, and a mild, creamy flavor. As with the other Caribbean varieties, the key buyer framing is that Pollock is a category, not a Hass substitute: it does not look or eat like Hass, so it should be offered on its own terms.

Where it fits is specialty retail and food service that are diversifying away from Hass-only programs. Pollock’s large size and clean green appearance make it a visible, differentiated offer on the shelf.

Pollock Season and the Diversification Case

Dominican Republic Pollock runs roughly July through October. As the mid-to-late summer variety, it opens the country’s Caribbean green-skin avocado window and bridges toward Semil 34 (August through December) and Carla (October through February). Together the three give the Dominican Republic a green-skin program covering July through February.

The sourcing case is timing plus diversification. Pollock’s mid-summer open lands when Caribbean varietal interest is rising, and it enters the US at 0% duty under CAFTA-DR on the roughly 4-day Port Everglades sea lane. For a buyer carrying only Hass, a green-skin variety with a distinct window is a genuine diversification lever.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Pollock avocado? Pollock is a Caribbean green-skin avocado variety grown in the Dominican Republic. It has large, oval fruit with vivid green skin and a mild, creamy flavor. Like other Caribbean varieties, it is distinct from Hass, not a substitute, and is used to diversify programs beyond Hass-only sourcing.

When is Pollock avocado in season? Dominican Republic Pollock runs roughly July through October. As a mid-to-late summer variety, it opens the Caribbean green-skin avocado window and bridges toward the Semil 34 and Carla windows that carry through winter.

How is Pollock different from a Hass avocado? Hass is smaller, with pebbly skin that darkens to near-black when ripe and rich, oily flesh. Pollock is large, oval, with vivid green skin and a milder, creamier flavor. They serve different programs: Pollock is a green-skin variety buyers use to diversify beyond Hass, not a like-for-like swap.

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About the author: Arturo Peguero is the founder of DominicanSources, former official at the Dirección de Comercio Exterior and International Trade Professor at PUCMM with 20+ years in Dominican trade.

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