Hasses aren't only avocados.

Pater: Where best to grow avocados

Posted by Pater , Monday, September 7, 2009 7:43 PM

It's a well known fact that that although Hass Avocados can grow in the shade they are most productive when placed in full sun. That is why your earliest vacation memory will probably be of Pater stretched out by the pool, absorbing as much Vitamin D as possible.

I know what your next question will be, Avocado Junior. It's an obvious one. If Hass Avocados are happier and healthier in the sun then why, oh why, did we leave a country that has this:

and this:
And my answer, like many of the answers I will give you throughout your rich and varied life is...ask Mater, it was her decision.