Was There Really a Granny Smith? 9 Fruit & Veggie Origins

mental_floss Blog � Was There Really a Granny Smith? 9 Fruit & Veggie Origins: "Rudolph Hass didn’t set out to get his name on 80% of the avocados grown in the world today; he just wanted to earn a little bit of extra cash. Hass was working as a mail carrier in California during the 1920s when he saw a magazine article touting a way to make money by growing avocados, which were a popular luxury product at the time. Inspired, he started a small orchard and began to plant seedlings."