On Sep 2, 9:57*am, Omelet > wrote:
> I did purchase two Florida avocados this morning for $.99 each and ate
> one for lunch. I happen to like them better than Haas. *I find Haas to
> spoil faster and unpredictably, and be stringy inside a lot of the time.
Stringers, as we used to call them, come about from very young trees
and infrequently at that. A paternal uncle of mine was once "the"
grower in the West with many acres of avocado trees in the So. Cal. La
Habra Heights area. Because 'cados do not mature-to-ripe until picked
or taken off the tree, all of the families in our clan had fruits to
give away year 'round. Those were the days!
....Picky