Holy Guacamole: How the Hass Avocado Conquered the World

• The avocado fruit has been existing since the Cenozoic era. It miraculously survived the dispersion system that happened 13,000 years ago.
• By the 500 BC, in Mexico and Central America the avocado fruit was being bred to its fullest potential in which was believed to have aphrodasiac properties.
• It was originally called ahuactl which meant testicles and the name was changed because of it's difficulty in pronunciation and for branding.

• The Hass avocado was named after Rudolph Hass who tried to graft different varieties of avocado into a seedling he brought home, but due to his futile attempts of making fruit, he left it alone.
• It were the Hass children who discovered the fruit of the avocado tree that Rudolph had left alone.
• Millions of avocado trees were all genetically descendants of the single mother tree propagated by Rudolph Hass which he was not able to catch in despite its growing popularity.

There are many different types of avocados but these two are especially important due to the competition that arose between them.

Their differences are:

• In color and outward appearance.
• The Hass avocado trees grow faster, produces more fruit, and are easier to propagate.
• The Hass avocados are great for getting shipped internationally due to its thick skin.

Other variants of avocados tried to enter into the market as well such as the Gwen avocado, but they had entered the market too late.

The ever growing avocado craze is continually causing a detrimental impact to the environment due to deforestation and the displacement of avocado seeds instead of the variant that should've been found in the locality.