SWEET DETAILS ABOUT FRUITS THAT YOU NEVER KNEW
Added on: 16th Nov 2016
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
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