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FRUIT TRIVIA

1) How many seeds does a strawberry have?


The average strawberry has about 200 seeds. It's the only fruit that bears its seeds on the outside.

2) What is the only apple native to North America?


Crabapples preceded European colonists to America, but the fruit was not very edible. Other varieties were brought by settlers in the 1600s.

3) Which fruit has the most vitamin C?


Guavas contain 377 mg of vitamin C per cup, followed by kiwifruit (167 mg), strawberries (98 mg), and oranges (96 mg).

4) Which fruit bounces like a ball when ripe?


When ripe, cranberries have tiny air pockets inside, which allow them to bounce. The higher a cranberry bounces, the better the cranberry.

5) Which fruit looks and tastes like meat?


Jackfruit, a popular meat alternative because of its meaty texture, tastes a lot like pulled pork.

6) Which berry isn't a berry?


The strawberry is not, from a botanical point of view, a berry. It is derived from a single flower with more than one ovary, making it an aggregate fruit.

7) What is the chief natural pollinator of pineapples?


In the wild, pineapples are pollinated primarily by hummingbirds, although certain wild pineapples are foraged and pollinated at night by bats. Under cultivation, because seed development diminishes fruit quality, pollination is performed by hand, and seeds are retained only for breeding. In Hawaii, where pineapples were cultivated and canned industrially throughout the 20th century, importation of hummingbirds was prohibited.

8) What is the science of fruit growing called?


The goals of pomology include enhancement of fruit quality, regulation of production periods, and reduction of production cost.

9) Which fruit tastes like chocolate pudding?


The black sapote is a smooth, chocolate pudding-like persimmon fruit. It can be eaten plain as a dessert and contains around 4 times as much vitamin C as a typical orange.

10) Which fruit is a hybrid of the pomelo and mandarin?


The orange is not a wild fruit, having arisen in domestication from a cross between a non-pure mandarin orange and a hybrid pomelo that had a substantial mandarin component.

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