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Avocado time - so good this season came again! These tasty juicy creamy fruits are again on market counters, at green dealers and in supermarkets.
Avocado was brought to Australia in 1840 and planted in the Sydney Royal botanical gardens. Since then, these fruits have expanded and now grow in most of Australian states. It's a great luck that in the hot climate of a great part of Australian regions they grow all year long. However the most productive period is between March and November - my favourite time!
Avocado has the highest concentration of oils and protein among all fruits and replaced the meat and oil in Aztec food. After the Spanish conquistador have won Central and southern America, Avocado was brought to Europe, where it soon became very popular.
In Australia there are different sorts of Avocado. Sharwill is cultivated in Queensland, it has a thicker peel and smaller fruits than other sorts. Fuerte has big fruits with thin peel and remarkable cream-like pulp. Hazzard has big long fruits with excellent aroma. The most popular - Hass, is a small oval fruit with a rough greenish, dark-violet peel and strong nut smack.
Best indicator to find out if Hass is ripe - it's peel colour. Colour changes from green to intense violet and black,mark it is ripe and ready to consuming sorts with green peel are checked by pressing them. They are ready, if to the touch slightly soft.
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