Hass believes a lot of people already compose poetry in their heads without realizing it.
The only problem is that the order Hass reported on is 41 years old.
Baldwin spends a few minutes needling Arline and Arthur Hass on the merits of the petition.
Most avocados sold in the U.S. are the dark, bumpy-skinned Hass variety grown in California or Mexico.
WSJ: Avocado Sales Are Rising, as Consumers Buy Into the Fruit as a Source of 'Healthy Fats'
There are more than 400 varieties of avocado, but Hass has become the most popular in the United States.
Farmers found the Hass easier to cultivate, and its higher oil content and good nutty flavor appealed to consumers.
Also on Monday, Haaretz published an editorial based on Hass's stories.
In recent years it has adopted a new strategy, cutting prices for caskets and urns but concentrating on selling bundles of services, says David Hass, a managing director.
Named after postal worker Rudolph Hass, who purchased the seedling in 1926 from a California farmer, the distinctive purplish-black fruit has a thicker skin and smaller body than other varieties.
It's good for you, says Robert Hass, Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997, two-time winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner in 1984 of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant.
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