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Wine Facts and Trivia - All you never needed to know about Vino!
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Fruit 101 - Everything you need to know about health benefits of fruit consumption!
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Fun Fruit Facts, Stats and Fruity Trivia
When you are eating a piece of fruit, you are eating a swollen ovary! Yes, that's right...fruit comes from a flowering plant which contains an ovary which will become the fruit!
The banana is the world's largest herb.
The bigger the naval, the sweeter the orange.
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
Although pineapples are common in colonial wood carving, they are not native to New England. When sailors returned from the tropics, they would place a pineapple on the doorstep of their loved one to show they had returned safely. The pineapple then became associated with hospitality.
The first oranges imported to Florida by European sailors were small and sour. The native Americans would cut off the tops, make a hole, then fill the center with honey.
Raisins contain a compound called tartaric acid that helps the colon get rid of waste more efficiently. This keeps the colon healthy and may help prevent colon cancer. Raisins are also high in potassium and protective antioxidants.
Every single MacIntosh apple tree has a "family tree" that goes back to the very first MacIntosh, discovered by John MacIntosh growing wild on his farm in Dundas County, Ontario. That tree lived for 90 years.
The banana plant can grow as high as 20 feet tall. That’s as tall as a two-story house.
The mango is related to poison ivy, which is why some people get a rash around their mouths if they eat the skin.
The same chemicals that give tart cherries their color may relieve pain better than aspirin and ibuprofen in humans. Eating about 20 tart cherries a day can reduce inflammatory pain and headache pain.
There are over 200 different known species of raspberries but only 2 species are grown on a large scale.
. In one study at the University of Florida subjects with high cholesterol levels took capsules of grapefruit pectin equivalent to that in two whole grapefruits. After four weeks of the daily dose, their cholesterol was down an average of almost 8%.
A half-cup of figs has as much calcium as a half-cup of milk.
Oranges - Lemons - Grapefruits - Did you know:
- Citrus grew in Asia 20 million years ago?
- citrus was first mentioned in literature in 2400 B.C.?
- the first varieties of citrus were bitter and not edible?
- each person in the U.S. eats about 12.5 lbs (5.6 kilos) of citrus per year!!!
- citrus is the most widely grown crop in the world!
- Brazil produces the largest amount of oranges and grapefruits in the world!
- in Florida there are approximately 10.3 million citrus trees on 853,000 acres of land!
- there is more fiber in an orange than in most other fruits and veggies!
- Florida oranges may be greener than California oranges because the night temperatures in Florida are warmer, which causes more chlorophyll to migrate into the peel; they are still ripe and sweet though.
- British sailors used to be called “Limeys” because they ate citrus to prevent scurvy on long sea voyages.
- if you plant a single seed from an orange you will probably get more than one plant growing from it.
- immature growth on most citrus trees will have sharp thorns. These tend to break off as the wood gets older.
Peaches oh Peaches - Did you know:
- peaches were once known as Persian apples.
- “you're a real peach” originated from the tradition of giving a peach to the friend you liked.
- peaches were mentioned as early as 79 A.D. in literature.
- most peaches are cultivated by grafting different combinations of rootstocks to scions.
- there are over 700 varieties of peaches-some Chinese varieties are even flat like hockey pucks!
- in China the peach is a symbol of longevity and good luck.
- 1565 is the starting date of the first peach orchard in Florida.
- nectarines are just peaches without the fuzz!
- “free-stone” peach just refers to how the flesh of the peach separates from the pit.
- peaches are sometimes referred to as “stone” fruit due to their pits.
Strawberry fields forever -Did you know that strawberries:
- were cultivated in ancient Rome!
- were used as a medicinal herb in the 13th century?
- are not really a fruit or a berry but the enlarged receptacle of the flower?
- are grown in every state in the U.S. and every province in Canada?
- are a member of the Rose family!
- have a museum dedicated to them in Belgium?
- were first cultivated back in the 16th and 17th centuries!
- are very high in vitamin C, potassium, and antioxidants?
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