> "Scott Peterson" wrote>
"Charles Gifford" wrote:
> >
> > >They are a native of Mexico.
> >
> > The green skinned ones are varieties of Mexican Ancestry. The
harder
> > black skinned ones are from Guatamalan stock.
> <snip>
>
> It ain't quite that cut-n-dried, but you are correct. I did not
address the
> C.A. avocados because I was contrasting the original posters use of
> "Tex-Mex" with Mexican.

I'm not quite sure of the above attributions, so bite me.

Someone is going to have validate the claim about which color skinned
avocado originated where with citations... personally I think,
considering the avocado is known to have originated some 5-6 Thousand
years BC, with no mention of any color skin whatsoever, the above claim
is a lotta hooey.

This is the best I can find:
http://www.avocado.org/avocado-facts...do-history.php

I tend to think the original avocado was light-ish green smooth
skinned, the dark pebbly skinned ie. Hass-ish being a very recent
example.





Sheldon