*~ The Plum is a "drupe". A pitted fruit related to the nectarine, peach and apricot.
*~ The bigger the navel of an orange, the sweeter it will be.
*~ Oranges are technically a hesperidium. A kind of berry.
*~ The watermelon is cousins with cucumbers, pumpkins and squash.
*~ Almonds are part of the peach family.
*~ Limes were fed to British sailors to prevent scurvy.
*~ Peaches were once known as Persian apples.
*~ Research shows that eating apples can reduce many types of cancer.
*~ The average strawberry has around 200 seeds.
*~ Lemons contain more sugar then strawberries.
*~ Warming a lemon first yields more juice.
*~ A lemon tree can produce between 1000-2000 lemons per year.
*~ Apples contain 5x the antioxidants of bananas.
*~ In some parts of the world, trained monkeys are used to harvest coconuts.
*~ The largest watermelon ever grown was 662 lbs or 119 kg.
*~ Pineapples were once very rare, thus the name "king of fruits".
*~ Early explorers used watermelon as canteens to carry their water supplies.
*~ Add 1/2 cup of lemon juice to laundry to brighten whites.
*~ You can use the inside of a banana peel to help stop a mosquito bite's itchiness.
*~ There are over 700 varieties of peaches
*~ Eating plums helps increase the absorption of iron into the body.
*~ Nothing rhymes with orange.
*~ Banana's can help depression as they increase the levels of serotonin.
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