Hass Avocado Fruit

Hass avocados are a fruit that unlike many other avocados are available all year long. While many brands of avocados stay a light to dark green color, these avocados are a little bit different. The skin is a bumpy texture that is green before it matures and turns black when the avocado is ripe. In the middle of the avocado is the pit, or also known as the seed. The seed sizes are small in Hass avocados which means that it has a large percentage of flesh that can be used after the skin has been peeled. This brand of avocados came about when a man named Rudolph Hass purchased an avocado seedling in 1935 and graphed it into his very own species. Now Hass avocados have become popular in many professional kitchens and homes accounting for a majority of avocados sold. Though it is often confused with being a vegetable avocados are actually fruit, more specifically a berry. They that contain over twenty vitamins and minerals and are also one of the very few fruits that that also contains a high amount of protein. Avocados can be incorporated in a variety of ways in
They are regional and well know for coming from California, Mexico, Chile and Peru. Any shipment of avocados imported from out of the country greater then fifty five pounds must be inspected by the Department of Agriculture. In some cases the USDA may use their discretion and imported shipments of fifty five pounds or less may not have to be inspected. Avocados have four different grades given by the USDA with US. No.1 being the best and US. No. 3 being the lowest on the grading scale. In between is US Combination which means that at least sixty percent of the shipment must be at least US. No.1 graded. This grade is often sold for less because of the mixed variety. In order to insure quality and pass inspection an avocado must be graded at least a US. No.2 to be allowed into a shipment for a