Like avocado toast? Well, Rudolph Hass, who was born in Milwaukee and lived here until he was in his 20s, invented the Hass avocado that today accounts for more than 80 percent all avocado crops in ...

The British encountered it in the Caribbean and called it an alligator pear. The rest of us know the fruit as avocado (English and German), aguacate (Spanish), avocatier (French), abokado (Japanese) – ...

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CHANDLER, AZ — If you like beer and have a thing for avocados, you’ll want to tap into Patent 139 Brewing Co. in the city of Chandler. The new brewery will have some staple items like wings, burgers, ...

Growing an avocado tree from seed is a fun and easy indoor project. Avocados are tropical plants, so they won't survive cold winters outside.

The unprecedented avocado volumes signal just how deeply the “green gold” has rooted in American eating habits.

In 1925, Rudolph Hass (rhymes with pass) was 33 years old and earning 25 cents an hour as a mail carrier in Pasadena. Originally from Wisconsin, he had decided to come West to seek his fortune. But ...