Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.
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A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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Sometimes frozen fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than fresh!
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The bananas we buy in stores and supermarkets are genetically identical clones, all descended from one banana. These bananas are seedless and sterile; natural bananas are short, fat, and have huge seeds.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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In Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
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