Talk:Hass avocado

Confusion

OK, I'm writing this not from an editorial POV but from that of a confused reader. The article states that Haas yield all year around, but goes on to talk about yield by season. Where does a season begin or end if the Haas yields all year around? Some clarification on this point may be required. Tomalak Geret'kal (talk) 01:16, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

I think from my observation the idea about hass yield all year round depends on planting period, the area climate and the purpose for production. 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)

Cuttings or seeds?

I've been told by a plant geneticist that all hass avocado trees came from grafts from that one original tree (or from grafts from those grafted trees). Is anyone really sure that 'hass' trees were ever produced from seeds from this original tree in La Habra Heights, CA? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.26.179.139 (talk) 23:17, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

More or less all have come from grafts.[1] Gwen Gale (talk) 00:04, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Is Haas big?

Not all, actually, when compared to most other avocados. The article gives the false impression that the Hass variety is a large one.

Spelling error?

Everyone else seems to spell it Haas rather than Hass (articles, grocery stores). Which is the correct spelling? 199.77.207.22 (talk) 07:33, 23 January 2022 (UTC) Haas is the correct and original spelling.

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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% of the crop in the United States. This is due to its taste, size, shelf-life, high growing yield and in some areas, year-round harvesting. The fruit has a mass of 200 to 300 grams (8 to 10 oz) and when ripe, its skin becomes a dark purplish-black which yields to gentle pressure. The centre part of the inner fruit then becomes white-green. This photograph shows a whole Hass avocado and a halved fruit, cultivated in Colombia.

Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

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