Woman with Avocado Plant Grown from Seed

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Why throw away all those big avocado seeds? They grow admirably in any apartment, and they help purify the polluted indoor air. The California Avocado Commission is an interesting phenomenon. Thanks to their efforts, a typical Haas Avocado costs $2.50 in the US, while the same fruit usually costs just $0.16 in Mexico. According to Barlow, the fruit evolved to satisfy the hunger of Wholly Mammoths. Once they went extinct, no animal dispersal agents could comfortably swallow the fruit whole, with seed. It's thanks only to man that the species continues to thrive. Horticultural cultivars include: Bacon, Fuerte, Gwen, Haas (excellent shelf-life, and the only year-round variety), Pinkerton, Reed, and Zutano.