But with over 500 avocado varieties in existence, why has the Hass avocado dominated the market and built an avocado empire while the others barely get a mention? The answer lies in a perfect ...

Nearly 20 years before Rudolph Hass decided against uprooting the tree that would bear his name, ‘Fuerte’ became the first standard bearer of the avocado industry when, in an Altadena nursery ...

Hass trees produce 95 percent of the avocados grown in California, which is the nation's top avocado-producing state, according to the California Avocado Commission. They also provide fruit for ...

The Hass origin story While avocados originated in southern Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, Californian Hass avocados can be traced back to a single tree planted in La Habra Heights.

The Hass is a good variety for Northern California, but it’s not the only cold-hardy avocado we can grow here. You could replace the tree with other varieties such as the Bacon, the Big Mup, the ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH >> We have a Hass avocado tree that’s loaded with fruit for the first time. We put some in a brown bag with bananas, but they are not ripening. How will we know when to pick them?

Since Hass dominates the market, it also controls the orchards. Hass trees take up a majority of avocado farmland, but they still require trees of other varieties to pollinate.

This week our SoCal Garden Clinic turns to problematic avocado trees: Question from reader Steven Klein of Malibu: In November 2011, I planted a 3-gallon Lamb Hass avocado tree on a slope with ...

Hi, Garden Coach: We have a Haas avocado tree that’s loaded with fruit for the first time. We put some in a brown bag with bananas, but they are not ripening. How will we know when to pick them?

Q. We planted a Hass avocado tree in our backyard about 10 years ago. The tree is now about 15 feet tall, and seems very healthy. It produces many large avocados each year, but they do not ripen ...