Despite what you might imagine based on those Ocean Spray commercials,it's only at harvest time that sandy cranberry bogs are artificially flooded with water. Cranberries have air pockets inside that let them float, which makes them easy to pick en masse.
But that's only for berries that are destined to be juice, jelly, Craisins, etc. Whole fresh cranberries — the kind you buy in bags at Thanksgiving — are never flooded, instead getting "dry-harvested" by picking machines that comb the berries out.
2 A strawberry has an average of about 200 seeds. A pomegranate can contain up to 613 seeds.
It is traditional to consume pomegranates on Rosh Hashana because, with its numerous seeds, it symbolizes fruitfulness. Also, it is said to have 613 seeds, which corresponds with the 613 commandments of the Torah but it was a misconception.#
3 Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the rose family.
The rose family is arguably one of the six most economically important crop plant families, and includes apples, pears, quinces, medlars, loquats, almonds, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, sloes, and roses among the crop plants belonging to the family.
4 Oranges are not even in the top ten list of common foods when it comes to vitamin C levels.
Here are top 10 foods rich in Vitamin C.
1. Chili Peppers
2. Strawberries
3. Bell Peppers
4. Pineapple
5. Kale
6. Mango
7. Broccoli
8. Kiwi
9. Papaya
10. Brussels Sprouts
5 Japanese Yubari cantaloupes are the most expensive fruit in the world; two melons once sold at auction for $23,500.
People in Japan pay astronomical prices for luxury fruit like tattooed apples and coddled cantaloupes, usually given as gifts. Demand has dropped in recent years, but the numbers are still pretty staggering.
6 The World's Most Popular Fruit is the TOMATO.
Most Consumed Fruits in the World. Here is a quick fact about fruits. The top five most consumed fruits around the world are: Tomatoes, bananas, watermelons, apples, and grapefruit. However, tomatoes and bananas are competing for the title of the world's most popular fruit.
7 Coffee beans aren't beans. They are fruit pits.
It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit. Even though the coffee beans are not technically beans, they are referred to as such because of their resemblance to true beans.
8 Square Watermelons are grown by japanese farmers for easier stack and store.
Square or cube watermelons are watermelons grown into the shape of a cube. Cube watermelons are common in Japan, but they are purely ornamental and are often very expensive, with prices as high as $100.
9 Donut peaches are a natural mutant peach variety, not a human-engineered fruit.
They are delicious — firmer and more sweet and fragrant than most boring old spherical peaches. The lil flatties originated in China but have found enthusiastic fans worldwide in recent years.
Saturn peaches are flatter than fruit of more popular peach varieties. Their skin is yellow and red, and they are less fuzzy than many other peaches. The inside of the Saturn peach is pale yellow to white in appearance.
They are harvested in late spring through the end of summer.
Saturn peaches are usually sweeter than other peaches, but still have a recognisable peach taste. They are said to be more complex-tasting and flavorful, often described as possessing undertones of almond.
10 Atlantic giant pumpkin is the world's currently heaviest, and largest fruit on earth ever grown.
Atlantic Giant Pumpkin is the world's currently heaviest, and largest fruit on earth ever grown. The Atlantic Giant is likely a descendant of Mammoth Pumpkin, which held the world record.
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11 The jackfruit has been determined to be the largest tree fruit in the world.
The jackfruit can weigh as much as 100 pounds. There have been jackfruit that has grown as tall as 4 feet in height!
12 The pineapple is actually a berry.
A pineapple is neither a pine nor an apple, but a fruit consisting of many berries that have grown together. This also means that Pineapples are not a single fruit, but a group of berries that have fused together.
13 Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges.
A 3.5-ounce serving of fresh strawberries, or about five large berries, provides 32 calories and almost 59 milligrams of vitamin C, or 98 percent of the daily value. As such, ounce for ounce, strawberries are slightly higher in vitamin C — and lower in calories — than oranges.
14 Coconut (Grinny Face).
The name coconut is derived from 16th century Portuguese sailors who thought the 3 small holes on the coconut shell resembled the human face so dubbed the fruit "coco" meaning "grinning face, grin, or grimace" The word nut was added in English later on.
15 After eating "Miracle Berry," very sour foods will taste sweet for one or two hours.
Synsepalum dulcificum is a plant known for its berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin.
16 Pineapples were very expensive in the 1700s.
American colonists would rent a pineapple in 1700s carry it around a party to show their wealth.
17 An Art professor created a tree that can produce 40 different fruits, including peaches, apricots and cherries.
Sam Van Aken created the Tree of 40 Fruit by grafting buds from various stone fruit trees onto the branches of a single tree, making it capable of producing multiple types of fruit. This is an artist rendering of what a 10-year-old tree would look like in full bloom.
18 Cayenne Pepper can Heal Wounds.
Chilli Peppers are often used as a spice, but they have the power to promote wound healing and blood clotting. Cayenne pepper helps regulate blood pressure and heal injuries. Whether you eat cayenne pepper or sprinkle it into a wound, it will help you heal faster. Pepper power to the rescue!
19 Cucumbers is a Fruit.
The botanical classification: Cucumbers are fruit.With this definition in mind, cucumbers are classified as fruit because they contain tiny seeds in the middle and grow from the flower of the cucumber plant.
20 The color orange is named after the orange fruit. Before orange made its way from China to Europe, yellow-red was called simply that: yellow-red, or even just red.
Orange peel can be used by gardeners to sprinkle over vegetables as a slug repellent.
The name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin pōmum meaning “apple” and grānātum meaning “seeded.”
Blueberries were called “star berries” by Native Americans because the five points of blueberry blossoms make a star shape.
21 Many botanical fruits are known as vegetables in common language such as tomato, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, cucumber, olives, beans, green beans, and peas.
Also, botanically, a cereal grain, such as corn, rice, or wheat, is also a kind of fruit.
Fruits are important sources of dietary fibre, vitamins (especially vitamin C), and antioxidants.
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