If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana.
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Strawberries are in the same plant family as roses.
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A type of strawberry that almost became extinct is now being sold in Europe. It tastes like pineapple so they call it pineberry.
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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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Orange juice naturally contains a small amount of alcohol.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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There is a fruit by the name of Black Sapote or “chocolate pudding fruit” which tastes like chocolate pudding and is actually low fat and has about “4 times as much vitamin C as an orange”.
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