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The Hass avocado is a variety of avocado with dark green, bumpy skin. It was first grown and sold by Southern California mail carrier and amateur horticulturist Rudolph Hass, who also gave it his name. [1] The Hass avocado is a large-sized fruit [2] weighing 200 to 300 grams (7 to 10 oz).
The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (Persea americana) is an evergreen tree in the laurel family . It is native to the Americas and was first domesticated in Mesoamerica more than 5,000 years ago. It was prized for its large and unusually oily fruit. [3]
A small family with hass trees in their ochard will always believe the tree has ready fruit all year round whilst a commercial farm will harvest for three months idealy everything for export and wait for the next season. Henry avocado grower kilimanjaro TZ 06/05/2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.221.35.86 (talk • contribs)
Countries by avocado production in 2020. This is a list of countries by avocado production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for avocados in 2022 was 8,978,275 metric tonnes, up 4.8% from 8,570,284 tonnes in 2021. [1]
The Hass avocado is a variety of avocado with dark green, bumpy skin. It was first grown and sold by the American horticulturist Rudolph Hass , who also gave it his name. The Hass is one of the most commercially popular avocado cultivars and accounts for more than 80 percent of the crop in the United States.
Rudolph Gustav Hass was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 5, 1892, to Henry C. Hass and Alma F. Hass (née Zergman). Known as Rudie, Hass quit school after finishing 10th grade at age 15 and went to work. Hass met Elizabeth Schuette in 1918 at a 4th of July church picnic. He was involved in a mission working with children on weekends and ...
Hass’ profits from his patent through its expiration in 1960 summed a meager $4800. [14] Today, more than 85% of avocados grown globally are of the Hass variety. [13] Hass avocados have shown susceptibility to pests such as Persea mites and avocado thrips. [13] In 2007, the avocado was Mexico's fifth-ranked fruit crop. [3]
The Fuerte avocado is the second most popular commercial variety of avocado in the world, [2] after Hass. Brought from Mexico to the United States in 1911, [1] Fuerte quickly became the dominant commercial avocado variety in the United States. Its commercial dominance lasted into the 1950s, [3] when it was surpassed by Hass.