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== Avocado ==  

== Avocado ==  

The '''avocado''' is a pear-shaped, edible [[fruit]] that grows on a tree. It has a greenish black leathery outer skin, a soft light-green inner fruit, and a single large seed called a pit in America or a stone in Britain. The outer layer is easily peeled from the fruit and in most varieties turns from a green color to greenish black as it ripens.

The '''avocado''' is a pear-shaped, edible [[fruit]] that grows on a tree. It has a greenish black leathery outer skin, a soft light-green inner fruit, and a single large seed called a pit in America or a stone in Britain. The outer layer is easily peeled from the fruit and in most varieties turns from a green colour to greenish black as it ripens.

The tropical American avocado tree (''Persea americana'') originated in [[Mexico]], sometime between 7,000 and 5,000 B.C. Cultivation of wild avocados began around 750 B.C. <ref> http://www.avocado.org/ </ref>

The tropical American avocado tree (''Persea americana'') originated in [[Mexico]], sometime between 7,000 and 5,000 B.C. Cultivation of wild avocados began around 750 B.C. <ref> http://www.avocado.org/ </ref>

http://www.healthalternatives2000.com/fruit-nutrition-chart.html#Avocado </ref>

http://www.healthalternatives2000.com/fruit-nutrition-chart.html#Avocado </ref>

Avocados are sometimes called alligator pears because of their shape and the color of their skin.  

Avocados are sometimes called alligator pears because of their shape and the colour of their skin.  

== Agriculture ==

== Agriculture ==