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====Stoneless avocado==== A stoneless avocado, marketed as a "cocktail avocado", which does not contain a pit, is available on a limited basis. They are five to eight centimetres long; the whole fruit may be eaten, including the skin. It is produced from an unpollinated blossom in which the seed does not develop.<ref>[https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/the-holy-grail-of-avocados-stoneless-hits-shops-for-a-limited-time-only-36387772.html The holy grail of avocados β stoneless β hits shops for a limited time only] [[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|The Sunday Independent]], 10 December 2017.</ref> Seedless avocados regularly appear on trees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soilzone.com/Library/Crops/Avocado/Phenology/Avocado%20fruit%20growth.pdf|title=Development of Seeded and Seedless Avocado Fruit|work=Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel|author1=Blumenfeld, Amos|author2=Gazit, Shmuel|access-date=21 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125180713/http://soilzone.com/Library/Crops/Avocado/Phenology/Avocado%20fruit%20growth.pdf|archive-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> Known in the avocado industry as "cukes", they are usually discarded commercially due to their small size.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_33_1948/CAS_1948_PG_113-116.pdf|journal=California Avocado Society 1948 Yearbook|author1=Stewart, W.S. |author2=Smoyer, K.M. |author3=Puffer, R.E. |title=Progress Report on Effects of Plant Growth Regulator Sprays on Avocados|access-date=21 September 2010|volume=33|pages=113β116}}</ref>
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