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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).
Hass is the leading avocado cultivar in Mexico. Mexican avocado production is concentrated in Michoacán state in west central Mexico. Accounting for 92% of the country's production of the crop, Michoacán leads the world in avocado production, with approximately 106,000 hectares (260,000 acres). [15]
The Mexican state of Michoacán is the world leader in avocado production, accounting for 80% of all Mexican output. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] Most Mexican growers produce the Hass variety due to its longer shelf life for shipping and high demand among consumers.
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'
The climate required to grow Hass avocado is a temperature ranging from 8 to 21 Celsius degrees and 1,200 to 1,600 mm annual precipitation (1 mm is equivalent to 1 water liter per square meter). Likewise, it is advisable to grow it between 800 and 2,500 m above sea level, on well-drained clay soils or clay-loam soils. [4]
Here's how to pick out an avocado that's perfectly ripe. Step 1: Look at the skin color First, you should know that there are a few types of avocados, and each will have a slightly different skin ...
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.
Eating an avocado a day is a tasty and relatively easy way to improve your diet quality, Petersen points out. But how do avocados push people to make healthier diet choices? Nutritionists have a ...