It weighs around 1,2 kg, is the size of a head and its nickname is Avozilla. Giant avocado is for sale in Australia
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousIt weighs around 1,2 kg, is the size of a head and its nickname is Avozilla. Giant avocado is for sale in Australia.
Grown in Queensland, each specimen weighs more than a kilo on average and costs around $ 12 (€ 10). Four times the size of a regular avocado and native to South Africa, the Avocilla reached Great Britain in 2013. But the Groves family, which has been growing tropical and exotic fruit in central Queensland since 1957, was the first to bring the variety to Australia is one of the few to produce it all over the world.
The variety is a cross between Western and Guatemalan avocado. According to the producers, the taste is very similar to that of the small fruit.
A produce it is Groves Grown Tropical Fruits, which 10 years ago among the many trees planted received the plant of this giant avocado as proof from its suppliers. And now it's reaping the reaping rewards, sent to stores in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.
“Often large fruits and vegetables don't taste as good as smaller ones, but that's not the case. Giant avocado is great to eat, ”Groves told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
After the first one, growers have planted more, even though it is the only crop to date. In reality, the Groves are not intending to devote themselves exclusively to the product, pointing out that this variety will likely remain a novelty as the trees do not have a great yield in economic terms.
Fortunately, as we dare not imagine how “wasteful” a giant avocado can be for the environment. Today avocado is considered one of the least sustainable fruits in the world: it takes 2 liters of water to get 1 kg of this fruit, not to mention that it is often grown in the poorest areas of the world, where water is scarce and is subtracted. to the needs of the local population.
It is likely that the family will also be the only one to grow the fruit in Australia, having been years ahead of the competition. In fact, farms cannot plant the variety without obtaining the permit and paying royalties to the South African company that owns the rights, having created the special giant avocado from the hybridization of two species.
Today there are very few producers in the world and Avozilla is a star:
If you love avocado, you begin to resign yourself. You will hardly make a giant one yours.
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Francesca Mancuso
