Did you know?
- An avocado is a fruit
- Hass avocados from Peru are available in Britain from May until September when the Chilean season commences and continues until January
- The Hass variety of avocado is creamy with a slightly nutty flavour. It has a dark, knobbly skin
- Peruvian Hass avocados are produced in young orchards along 3,000 hectares of plantations along the fertile, low-lying coastal region of Peru
- Chilean Hass avocado plantations extend from La Serena in the north, to the small town of Peumo in the south. The total area of more than 26 thousand hectares, equivalent to 29 thousand football pitches
- A favourite breakfast in Chile is avocado mashed with lemon juice, salt and pepper and spread on toast
- Although avocados are tasty and versatile - only one-in-four Britons eat these delicious fruits regularly
- Avocados are transported to the UK by ship
