Gwen avocado
Persea americana 'Gwen' · Fruit
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Gwen is a green-skinned, Hass-flavoured avocado — an oval, slightly pebbly fruit that keeps its dull dark-green hide even when ripe rather than blackening like Hass. Bred at the University of California, it carries rich, nutty, buttery flesh very close to Hass in eating quality, on a smaller, productive tree, and is judged ripe by feel rather than by colour.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
Firm ripeBuy itSlices, wedges and fans that hold their edge.
FleshFirm; barely gives in the palm
SkinGreen going purple-black
StemButton on, dry at the edge
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What you get from one
74%
Edible part
201 g flesh · stone and skin out
272 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A hard one held a week below 5 °C pits, greys and never ripens. Ripe ones last days at 2-4 °C.
90-95%
Humidity
Loose and open
Airflow