and the seasons...

...they go round and round.
And nonna's bungalow in a street here in the hills is a constant with the seasonal signs for figs, mandarins and now the first bags of avocado picked from this very tree in her front yard.

These are Fuerte variety and the 'avo' not only comes in a a number of varieties but also names.
Originating in central America the Spanish introduced the 'ahuacati' ( from the Nahuati language meaning 'testicle') to the world as it was in the 17th century.
Nonplussed by the moniker the Spanish renamed it avocado ( meaning lawyer!) and English speakers changed it to avigato and then to alligator pear. Colonial servants nicknamed it 'midshipman's butter' and 'subaltern's butter'.

Avocados are recorded as growing in Aus from the mid 18th century and commercially from 1928 with varieties imported from California.
Hass is the most popular variety but these Fuerte still growing on the original 60s and 70s trees are thin skinned, creamy and buttery.
Perfect  in a 70s classic prawn cocktail with of course the Marie Rose sauce.
Yummmmmmmm.

And the little chipolata shaped fruit in extra is called a cocktail avocado the seedless, unfertilised fruit...a bonus with no seed!