Archaeologists have found evidence that wild avocados were gathered and eaten in central Mexico.
Researchers believe that Mesoamerican tribes like the Inca, the Olmec and the Maya grew domesticated avocado trees.
Naturalist, Sir Hans Sloane, names “the avocado or alligator pear-tree" in his catalog of Jamaican plants.
Horticulturist, Henry Perrine, first plants avocados in Florida.
Avocados become commercially available in the U.S., with people mostly adding them to salads.