The Story Behind the Hass Avocado
- The Hass avocado was named after Rudolph Hass who tried to graft different varieties of avocado into a seedling he brought home, but due to his futile attempts of making fruit, he left it alone.
- It were the Hass children who discovered the fruit of the avocado tree that Rudolph had left alone.
- Millions of avocado trees were all genetically descendants of the single mother tree propagated by Rudolph Hass which he was not able to catch in despite its growing popularity.
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