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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A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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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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In Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
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The Himalayan Goji berry has more iron than steak, more vitamin C than oranges and more beta carotene than carrots.
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There is a fruit called The Miracle Berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods to taste sweet, and has been used to treat diabetes, among other things.
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