{"id":21490,"date":"2024-09-27T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T23:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=21490"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:13:37","slug":"whats-a-jumbo-hass-avocado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/whats-a-jumbo-hass-avocado\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s a “Jumbo Hass” avocado?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I found this display in a Sprouts market in San Diego County last week. Such displays selling “Jumbo Hass” avocados can be found in many grocery stores in California during August and September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s a “Jumbo Hass?” Is it a really big fruit of the Hass variety, or is it a distinct variety? Or something else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stickers on the fruit in this display all have the same PLU (price look-up) code, which is 4770. That code is to be used for Hass avocados of a specific large size, called 36, which weigh between 10.5 and 12.5 ounces. (See here<\/a> and here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So they are really big Hass avocados, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But do you notice that some of the avocados are black while others are green? Reading the stickers, you’ll also find that the black avocados are from California while the green avocados are from Mexico. What’s that all about? Are they actually two different varieties being sold under the same PLU and in the same bin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the display above, the green avocados are Hass avocados from Mexico whereas the black avocados are Lamb avocados from California. They are two completely distinct varieties that have been mixed together and are being sold under the label “Jumbo Hass.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are the Hass from Mexico green? Because at this time of year, the crop is barely mature. The fruit will taste a bit watery and bland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are the Lamb from California black? Because at this time of year, Lamb avocados in California are perfectly mature and they will taste as good as they get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is Lamb different from Hass? Completely different. It’s like asking how a Honeycrisp apple is different from a Golden Delicious apple<\/a>. Or it’s like asking how you are different from your great grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lamb came from a seed of the Gwen variety, Gwen came from a Thille seed, and Thille came from a Hass seed. So you could say that Lamb is a great granddaughter of Hass. Yet, in no way could you say that Lamb is Hass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Lamb shouldn’t be sold in grocery stores as if it is Hass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lamb is a bigger avocado, has a different harvest season, has thicker, stiffer skin, greener flesh, and a smaller seed compared to Hass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lamb should be treated by marketers and retailers as the distinct variety that it is, and thereby treat avocado consumers with the respect that they deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s easy to let a Lamb avocado rot on the counter because, due to its thicker, stiffer skin, it doesn’t feel ripe in the same way that a Hass does. Avocado eaters should be clued into this by being informed that they’re eating a different variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lamb avocados I harvested from my tree on September 20.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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See my profile of the Lamb avocado variety here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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