FRUIT & VEGGIE FACTS (cont.)
• In Old English, “grappe” meant a cluster of fruit growing together, and “grape” was the hook that they were gathered with. Today, “grape” means the fruit itself, and “grapple” means struggling with a problem much as a harvester struggles with a hook. • Grapefruit grow in clusters like grapes. • Grapes are one of the oldest cultivated fruits and there are more varieties of grape produced in the world than any other fruit. Many varieties of grapes originated in North America, including the Concord grape, which was first cultivated in Concord, Massachusetts. DIFFERENCES:: DIFFERENCES 1. Button is added. 2. Straw is moved. 3 Pillow is different. 4. Hair is different. 5. Knob is moved. 6. Sleeve is shorter. © 2020 King Features Synd., All rights reserved.
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• Although some people theorize that name “strawberry” comes from the fact the plant is often mulched with straw during the winter, others insist the name is a corruption of “strewn berry” due to the fact that, as a strawberry plant produces runners and spreads, its berries are strewn about the ground. • The word “pumpkin” originates from the word “pepon” which is Greek for “large melon.” The French adapted it to “pompon,” which the British changed to “pumpion” and to the later American colonists turned it into “pumpkin.” • The Native American word “shikaakwa” means roughly “at the skunk place” or “place of the bad smell” or “place of the wild onion.” It was referring to a place where the plant “Allium tricoccum” grew abundantly. Otherwise known as ramps, wild leek, or spring onion, the plant was eaten by tribes in the area. French explorers attempted spelling the word, and Robert de LaSalle wrote it down in the year 1679 as “Checagou.” And that’s how Chicago got its name.
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• Nectarines, named for their “nectar” are a member of the rose family. Only one gene separates a nectarine from a peach: the fuzziness gene. Information in the Tidbits® Paper is gathered from sources considered to be reliable but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed.
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