Avocados - Nutritional Benefits and Culinary Uses

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What are the different types of avocados?

Horticulturally, avocados are divided into the Mexican ( Persea americana, variety drymifolia ), West Indian ( P. americana, variety americana ), and Guatemalan ( P. americana, variety guatemalensis) races, with more than 1,000 cultivars between them.

Where did the word 'avocado' come from?

The first written record in English of the use of the word 'avocado' was by Hans Sloane, who coined the term, in a 1696 index of Jamaican plants. The word avocado comes from the Spanish aguacate, which derives from the Nahuatl (Mexican) word āhuacatl [aːˈwakat͡ɬ], which goes back to the proto-Aztecan *pa:wa.

What is a 'Hass' avocado?

The 'Hass' is the most common cultivar of avocado. It produces fruit year-round and accounts for 80% of cultivated avocados in the world. All 'Hass' trees are descended from a single "mother tree" raised by a mail carrier named Rudolph Hass, of La Habra Heights, California. Hass patented the productive tree in 1935.

What Is Avocados

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Avocados Information

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