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You will find that avocado is unlike any other fruit you have ever tasted.

It is roughly shaped like a large pear, and when properly ripened, its dark green skin covers a meaty, melon-like pulp that has about the consistency of a ripe Bartlett pear, but oily.

The avocado should have a `` give '' to it, as you hold it, when it is ripe.

The flavor is neither sweet, like a pear, nor tart like an orange ; ;

it is subtle and rather bland, nut-like.

It is a flavor that might take a little getting used to -- not because it is unpleasant, but because the flavor is hard to define in the light of our experience with other fruits.

Sometimes it takes several `` eatings '' of avocado to catch that delightful quality in taste that has made it such a favorite throughout the world.

Once you become an avocado fan, you will look forward to the season each year with eager anticipation.