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unusual facts about avocado


Avocado

; Sharwil: Predominantly Guatemalan, with some Mexican race genes, Sharwil was selected in 1951 by Sir Frank Sharpe at Redland Bay, southern Queensland, Australia.


Alamor

In the south-western province of Loja, is the canton Puyango, bordered on the north by the canton Avocados and the province of El Oro, on the south by the cantons of Celica and Pindal, east of Celica and Avocado Zapotillo and west of the Republic of Peru.

Culver Crest, Culver City, California

Culver Crest immortalized a part of developer Lewis Crank's life, with streets named for his boat the Esterina, which had been named for his first wife Esther (Anthony Cornero's sister); Linda Way for his eldest daughter; Cranks Road, and Ranch Road as the property had been an avocado ranch among other things during Prohibition.

Daniel Allar

Daniel E. Allar (February 8, 1962 – January 10, 2009) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as prison inmate Balz "Avocado" Johnson on the American television series Prison Break.

Environment of Florida

Other foreign pests include the Asian ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) threatens the local avocado industry and redbay trees (Persea borbonia).

Hass

Hass avocado, a type of avocado named after its cultivator, Rudolph Hass

Home shopping

The home shopping/electronic retailing industry was created in 1977, when small market talk radio show host Bob Circosta was asked to sell avocado-green-colored can openers live on the air by station owner Bud Paxson, when an advertiser traded 112 units of product instead of paying his advertising bill.

Macrobiotic diet

Nightshade vegetables, including tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, eggplant; also spinach, beets and avocados are not recommended or used sparingly in macrobiotic cooking, as they are considered extremely yin.

Oliva

The primary sector, makes up less than 5% of economy, with extended plantations of Oranges and Tangerines, and minor plantations of Avocado, Loquat, Fig, Banana, Prickly Pear, etc.

Phytophthora cinnamomi

A 1960 study of the Fallbrook, California area correlated higher levels of avocado root rot to soils with poorer drainage and greater clay content.

Urodidae

The "Bumelia Webworm Moth" Urodus parvula is recorded on Lauraceae: (avocado=Persea), Fagaceae (Quercus), Sapotaceae (Sideroxylon) and Erythroxylaceae: Erythroxylum.

William Spinks

William A. Spinks (1865–1933), American billiard champion, co-inventor of modern billiard chalk, oil investor, farmer, and originator of the Spinks avocado variety


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