OccasionalFruitFacts

Welcome to Fruit Facts Occasionally! The best way to get random fruit facts at random intervals!

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All right, I’ve had enough of this abstinence shit. Who wants to drop some pollen on my stigma?

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#broccoli and #cauliflower are closely related to mustard seed, from which they were selectively bred into the veggies we know today. The “florets” are flowers picked before they blossom that could grow into unique fruits. #fruit #vegetables #fruitfacts

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Unfortunately, panama disease is BACK, and this time it’s coming for the cavendish

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The ancestral #banana, the gros Michel, was wiped out by panama disease long before most of us were born. Today’s banana, the cavendish, rose to popularity for its immunity to panama disease. #fruit #fruitfacts #fruithistory

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The ancestral #banana, the gros Michel, was wiped out by panama disease long before most of us were born. Today’s banana, the cavendish, rose to popularity for its immunity to panama disease. #fruit #fruitfacts #fruithistory

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The Mexican long-nosed bat is the only pollinator of the #agave flower and unfortunately on the #endangeredspecies list with populations continuing to decline #fruit #fruitfacts #batfacts

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All fleshy fruits ripen by lignification where they produce lignin to separate the fibers, making them softer and sweeter. #fruit #fruitfacts

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Purple in fruits (like blueberry or eggplant) comes from red anthocyanin on top of green chlorophyll #fruit #fruitfacts

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When plants taste bitter (like coffee beans), it’s usually poison #fruit #fruitfacts

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To compare, the mesocarp is the white part of an apple or the red part of a watermelon #fruit #fruitfacts

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The mesocarp of #cotton fruit is spun into threads #fruit #fruitfacts

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The mesocarp of #cotton fruit is spun into threads #fruit #fruitfacts

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#bananas release ethylene as they ripen, which will also ripen any fruit next to or near them. #fruit #fruitfacts

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That’s a #fruitopinion but I love your enthusiasm

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#mangoes are also the BEST #fruit #fruitfacts

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#mangoes are drupes (like #peaches ) #fruit #fruitfacts

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One serving of pistachios has as much protein as an egg.

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#cherry flavor comes from the chemical benzaldehyde, which is most easily extracted from almonds #fruit #fruitfacts

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During #fall and #winter , rings of a tree grow close together (late wood). And they space out during #spring and #summer (spring wood) #fruitfacts

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The pollen of one species of flower on the stigma of another can yield #hybrid fruits like the”apple-pear” #fruit #fruitfacts

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#Lemons, like all hespiridiums, have oil glands in the exocarp (outermost layer or “skin”) that give the fruit its strong citrus scent and taste #fruit #fruitfacts

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#apples and #pears belong to a class of fruits called “pomes,” which comes from the French word for apple, “pomme” #fruit #fruitfacts

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This is true because birds eat fruit sometimes

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BIRDS ARE REAL