Avocados & Limes

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Umina Bros Inc provides avocados 12 months of the year.

Avocado, Say What?

Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable, belonging to the genus Persea in the Lauraceae family
Avocados are sodium- and cholesterol-free and have only five grams of fat per serving, most of it the monounsaturated kind
Avocados were once a luxury food reserved for the tables of royalty, but now California Avocados are enjoyed around the world by people from all walks of life
Brazilians add avocados to ice cream Filipinos puree avocados with sugar and milk for a dessert drink
The avocado is also called an Alligator Pear because of its pear-like shape and green skin
California produces about 90% of the nation's avocado crop A single California Avocado tree can produce about 500 avocados (or 200 pounds of fruit) a
year although usually average about 60 pounds from 150 fruit

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Limes are available year round and are grown in Mexico

Some Interesting Uses for Limes and their Juices...

Juice: In the West Indies, the juice has been used in the process of dyeing leather. On the island of St. Johns, a cosmetic manufacturer produces a bottled Lime Moisture Lotion as a skin-conditioner.
Peel: The dehydrated peel is fed to cattle. In India, the powdered dried peel and the sludge remaining after clarifying lime juice are employed for cleaning metal.
Peel oil: The hand-pressed peel oil is mainly utilized in the perfume industry.
Twigs: In tropical Africa, lime twigs are popular chewsticks.
Medicinal Uses: Lime juice dispels the irritation and swelling of mosquito bites.