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The Hass family began to work harvesting and selling avocados from a roadside stand by the grove at 430 West Road in La Habra, California. Hass also contacted the 'Model Grocery Store' on Colorado St. in Pasadena and found it to be a ready market. He left them a few sample avocados and they agreed to sell the fruit and did so for many years.
Native Oaxaca criollo avocados, the ancestral form of today's domesticated varieties. The avocado tree also has a long history of cultivation in Central and South America, likely beginning as early as 5,000 BC. [56] A water jar shaped like an avocado, dating to AD 900, was discovered in the pre-Inca city of Chan Chan. [59]
Avocados, native to Central and South America, have long been produced in California. [1] In 1989, California supplied 90 percent of fresh avocados produced in the United States. [2] As of 2008, approximately 6,500 growers produce avocados on 60,000 bearing acres of land (less than 100 square miles).
Owing to its taste, size, shelf-life, high growing yield and in some areas, year-round harvesting, the Hass cultivar is the most commercially popular avocado worldwide. In the United States it accounts for more than 80% of the avocado crop and 95% of the California crop, and it is the most widely grown avocado in New Zealand. [1] [3]
California encompasses many diverse climates and therefore is able to grow many types of produce. Additionally, California's Central Valley contains some of the most fertile soil in the world. California is the number one U.S. producer of many common fruits and vegetables, including broccoli, spinach, tomatoes and avocados, amongst others. [20]
Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul, 373 U.S. 132 (1963), was a 1963 decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court declined to invalidate a California law that imposed minimum fat content standards on avocados sold in the state, including those imported from other states. [1]
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The film was the first of a two-movie deal between Murphy and Imagine Entertainment, the second being Bowfinger. [9] [10] Although Life is set in Parchman, Mississippi, it was filmed in California. [11] Filming locations in the Los Angeles area included Downey [12] and Norwalk, [13] in addition to the Universal Pictures backlot. [9]