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The avocado is the fattiest fruit in the world, and certainly a very unique and delicious fruit because of that! The fruit, also called alligator pear, is technically a big berry that contains a single seed. Avocado tree orchards are common throughout Mexico and California. The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree that is native to South Central Mexico. Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and Mediterranean climates throughout the world. Avocado trees are partially self-pollinating and often are propagated through grafting to maintain a predictable quality and quantity of the fruit. Growing avocado trees is a popular pursuit due to the high price of the fruit. Typically people stick 3 toothpicks into the seed flesh from the sides and balance it half immersed in tap water. In this series I show my approach using hydrogen peroxide to keep the germinating environment mold-free. It helps to observe rooting in a container before investing a long time in a plot of soil or pot and finding out that nothing happened!