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On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:11:18 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

> I looked up comparisons of avocado varieties. The Florida ones are the
> smooth green skinned Fuertes. The California ones are the bumpy black
> skinned Hasses. Most of the time I see them called "Florida avocados"
> and "Hass avocados" so I didn't know the variety name Fuerte until
> looking it up just now.


Every Florida Fuerte I've seen is huge compared to what we get/grow
here (probably because Florida gets more rainfall than SoCal) and
fuerte is just plain blander than hass, no matter how "good" it is.

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