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Can You Tell Me Some Facts About Fruit And Vegetables?

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    Yes, indeed, what should be the staple of our diet, the thing in our diet that keeps us healthy and functioning but usually isn't too exciting.

    Firstly, the carrot is not supposed to be orange, they were made that way by Dutch farmers to show respect to their monarchy, who are Van Oranje which means 'Of Orange'.  Carrots were in fact, white or purple colour.

    Of course most people know that the tomato is a fruit and so is the avocado pear.

    Bananas can help with things are diverse as concentration, depression and pre menstrual tension!

    The Irish white potato comes from South America!

    Cabbages date back to 4000BC in China!

    People in Nepal eat oranges without taking the peel off.

    Roughly twenty five billion oranges are grown in the United States alone each year.

    The world's biggest marrow grew 9 stone, 10 lbs, 11 ozs and was grown in Wales.
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    Epictetus  

    answered 3 years ago

         
         

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