Strawberry Facts

Check out my fun strawberry facts.

Have fun learning how they grow, what part of the plant they are, what they contain, how we eat them and much more.Read on and enjoy a range of interesting information all about strawberries!

•Strawberries are edible (and rather tasty) but technically they are receptacles (the thickened part of a stem) rather than berries.

•Making things even more confusing, the little hard pieces that appear to be seeds on a strawberry are actually a type of dry fruit (called achene)....that contain their own seeds!

•When ripe, strawberries are bright red, juicy and very sweet.

•Strawberries have lots of vitamin C.

•Strawberries are picked with part of the stem still attached.

•Unlike some other fruits, they don’t continue to ripen after being picked.

•A large number of different pests, such as slugs and fruit flies, like to feed on strawberries.

•They are also susceptible to a number of diseases, especially those of the fungal variety.

•Strawberries survive in a range of conditions and will grow happily in most places around the world.

•Strawberries are eaten in a number of different ways including fresh, dried, as a jam, in a drink or even in a muesli bar.

Banana Facts

• We’ve been around for thousands of years

• We don’t actually grow on trees. We’re grown on giant herbs related to the Lily and Orchid family

• Alexander the Great was said to have loved us so much he insisted we hang out with him on his travels through India

• We’ve got twice as much vitamin C as those other dudes apples, pears and grapes

• We also have natural fruit sugars which give you fast bursts of energy - that’s why athletes don’t leave home without us

• We’re great for ankle biters too because we’re so easily digested.

•An apple is a type of fruit that is grown on an apple tree.

•It is called a pomaceous fruit because the plant that it grows on flowers. The flowers on an apple tree are pink or white

.•Most apples are ready to be harvested in autumn.

•There’s more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world today and about 2,500 in the United States, but the crabapple is the only apple native to North America.

•The fruit comes in many different shapes and sizes.

•Apples also can be found in a large ranges of colors. Red, yellow, orange and green apples can be found in most grocery stores.

•Some apples are extremely good for eating while others are primarily used for cooking.

•Apples are used to make apple juice, cider, vinegar, apple sauce and many different kinds of desserts.

•Apples contain Vitamin C as well as many other antioxidants.

•Apples are also a good source of fiber.

•Scientists and doctors are beginning to believe there might be some truth in the old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away!”

Mango Facts

•Mangos are one of the most popular fruit in the World

•Mangos were first grown in India over 5,000 years ago

•Mango seeds traveled with humans from Asia to the Middle East, East Africa and South America beginning around 300 or 400 A.D.

•The paisley pattern, developed in India, is based on the shape of a mango

•A basket of mangos is considered a gesture of friendship in India

•Legend says that Buddha meditated under the cool shade of a mango tree

•Mangos are related to cashews and pistachios•A mango tree can grow as tall as 100 feet

•The bark, leaves, skin and pit of the mango have been used in folk remedies for centuries.