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 ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

Avocados get sunburned, too, you know. It doesn’t show on their pebbly skin the same way it does on ours, but too much sun can scorch yellowish or black patches onto the fruit’s peel. What’s worse is ...

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, ...

IRVINE, Calif. (December 18, 2012) – The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) is supporting research to improve understanding of the unique, positive benefits of consuming fresh avocados to human health and ...