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Maluma (Persea Americana Mill. cv. 'Maluma') is a commercial cultivar of avocado that was discovered in South Africa. It is marketed simply as 'Maluma', but sometimes also as 'Maluma Hass', referring to its similarity in appearance to the well-known Hass cultivar.
UC researchers have bred a new avocado variety that's growing in Ventura County. Meet the Luna. Move over, Hass: There's a new avocado growing in the county and it's 'pretty darn good'
A young Hass avocado sprout. In 1926, at his 1.5-acre grove at 430 West Road, La Habra Heights, California, Hass planted three seeds he had bought from Rideout, which yielded one strong seedling. [1] After trying and failing at least twice to graft the seedling with branches from Fuerte avocado trees (the leading commercial cultivar at the time ...
Avocado leaves contain a toxic fatty acid derivative, persin, which in sufficient quantity can cause colic in horses and without veterinary treatment, death. [115] The symptoms include gastrointestinal irritation, vomiting, diarrhea, respiratory distress, congestion, fluid accumulation around the tissues of the heart, and even death.
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.
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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.