Hass avocado

The Hass avocado is a variety of avocado with dark green, bumpy skin. It was first grown and sold by Southern California mail carrier and amateur horticulturist Rudolph Hass, who also gave it his name. The Hass avocado is a large-sized fruit weighing 200 to 300 grams (7 to 10 oz). When ripe, the skin becomes a dark purplish-black and yields to gentle pressure. When ripe, the flesh is pale green near the skin and becomes a deeper yellow-green towards the center. Owing to its shelf-life, high growing yield and, in some areas, year-round harvesting, the Hass cultivar is the most consumed avocado worldwide. In the United States, it accounts for more than 80% of the avocado crop and 95% of the California crop, and is the most widely grown avocado in New Zealand.