In our cooking school, we have tons of recipes featuring avocados, but we hadn't stopped to think: How many avocado varieties ...

For those interested in avocado farming always consider the market preference before selecting the variety to grow. Avocado is a versatile fruit with different uses across the food and beauty ...

Two main avocado varieties are available: Hass and Fuerte. The Hass variety has a knobbly purple-black exterior and a creamy-textured, richly flavoured interior; the Fuerte variety has a smooth ...

Like many fruit trees, an avocado tree has its own unique growth cycle. Sometimes, different varieties of avocado trees have shorter or longer periods of ripening or produce fruit earlier or later ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside in the United States have developed a new avocado variety known as Luna UCR, which requires less room and water to grow. The development of ...

Credit: Westfalia Fruit. Westfalia Fruit has bought Belgium-based avocado products manufacturer Syros for an undisclosed sum. Founded three decades ago, Syros provides “high-quality” avocado-based ...

The old leaves of darker-flowering azaleas tend to turn orange before they drop. The old leaves of white- and paler-flowering ...

Westfalia Fruit, a 75-year-old avocado company from South Africa, is joining hands with farmers and plantation owners in the Western Ghats to grow these varieties locally. I find out more at a ...