SWEET DETAILS ABOUT FRUITS THAT YOU NEVER KNEW

POMOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF FRUITS

SO YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT TOMATOES AND

CUCUMBERS ARE FRUITS, BUT DID YOU KNOW

THAT SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING, BEANS,

AVOCADOS, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, LETTUCE

LEAVES AND BROCCOLI BUDS ARE TOO? THIS IS

BECAUSE A FRUIT IS THE PART OF A PLANT THAT

DEVELOPS FROM A FLOWER AND CONTAINS THE

SEEDS. THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PLANT ARE

CONSIDERED VEGETABLES

WHY DO WE CALL SO MANY FRUITS VEGETABLES

THEN? BECAUSE FROM A CULINARY STANDPOINT

VEGETABLES HAVE COME TO BE CONSIDERED

SAVOURY (IN GENERAL) AND FRUITS ARE

CONSIDERED TO BE SWEET (IN GENERAL)

OF COURSE, THIS RULE DOESN'T ALWAYS HOLD SO

SOMETIMES SAVOURY FRUITS LIKE TOMATOES

ARE LABELLED AS VEGETABLES BECAUSE THIS

IS A MORE USEFUL (AND LESS ACCURATE) WAY

OF DIVIDING UP OUR INGREDIENTS

ENOUGH OF THE TERMINOLOGY, DID YOU KNOW THAT

TOMATOES HAVE MORE GENES THAN HUMANS?

THERE ARE TREES CALLED "FRUIT SALAD TREES"

THAT CAN SPROUT 3 TO 7 DIFFERENT FRUITS,

ON THE SAME TREE. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED VIA

GRAFTING TWO OR MORE PLANTS SO THAT THEY

GROW AND FUNCTION AS A SINGLE PLANT

SOME JAPANESE FARMERS GROW SQUARE

WATERMELONS

THERE ARE OVER 7000 DIFFERENT TYPE OF APPLES

GROWN ALL OVER THE WORLD