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A woman holds up an avocado that's almost as big as her head.

A very large avocado next to a ruler and a small avocado on a chopping board.

Two hands holding up a supersized avocado.

"They're attractive looking, they're thick-skinned, the seed is not so big in comparison, the flesh is very solid."

A black and white photo of people and loaded horse and carts next to a steam train and its carriages.

An old avocado tree

A woman wandering between rows of avocados.

Two hands reaching up to two avocados on a tree.

Avocado spread on toast sprinkled with black pepper with flowers, lemon and coriander as garnish.

A big and a small avocado sliced open next to each other.

Two women holding up large avocados together.

A Lindsay transport truck being loaded up with avocados.

"When we talk about commercialisation of a product into supermarkets there's a lot more testing … involved,"
she said.
Heaps of large avocados hanging in a tree.

"When you plant an avocado from seed the likelihood of that tree producing delicious edible fruit is very, very slim,"
she said.

The back of Lorna as she looks at trees.

"It's quite a thrill, I like the history of it, it's something that is not done every day,"
she said.

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