Back then, the avocado industry sought a green skinned Hass as an alternative to the smooth-skinned and green-colored Fuerte avocado — the nation’s top seller from the 1920s to the 1970s. Meaning ...

Americans can’t get enough guacamole and avocado toast. The farmers who keep up with culinary demand must manage the tree’s complex reproductive cycle.

The types of avocado trees range widely in size, between 5-8 feet wide and 5-65 feet in height, though most top off at 40 feet in Florida. It is classified as a medium-sized evergreen tree ...

The Jala avocado variety dwarfs a small Hass fruit. (ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)But the 81-year-old never expected to create a legacy with Jala, a prolific new avocado variety producing enormous ...