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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

Fruits

1,966 words, approx. 7 pages

Fruits The fruit is the mature ovary and its associated parts. This unique covering of the seeds of flowering plants gives this group of plants their name: angiosperms. Fruits are formed by the enlarg... Read more

Fruits, Seedless

575 words, approx. 2 pages

Fruits, Seedless The absence of developed seeds in fruit improves its eating quality. Moreover, it may allow more uniform fruit production in different environments. Seedless fruit occurs when seed (e... Read more

Fruits

418 words, approx. 2 pages

Fruits Fruits are ripened ovaries of flowering plants, and are developed from the ovary wall from fertilized ovules (or seeds). The size, shape, color, and other attributes of fruits are extremely var... Read more

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News & Journals (10)

Boozy Fruit Cocktails

287 words, approx. 1 pages

Booze for Nothing and Your Vits for FreeThe New York Times reports that the latest trendy cocktail is more fruit than gin, like the cocktail made from fresh lime juice, fresh strawberries, mint and... Read more

CDC: Too few eating fruits, vegetables

618 words, approx. 3 pages

Fewer than a third of American adults eat the amount of fruits and vegetables the government recommends, a trend that's remained steady for more than a decade, health officials said Thursday. That'... Read more

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Mich. fruit crop, farmers doing well

711 words, approx. 3 pages

If he can just make it through the end of May without another freeze, fruit grower Dave Rennhack expects to have a good crop this year."We don't breathe real easy until after Memorial Day," said Re... Read more

NYC proposes more fruit, vegetable carts

388 words, approx. 2 pages

The wait could soon be over for hundreds of people seeking coveted city street vendor's licenses — if they say no to hot dogs and pretzels and yes to apples and carrots.Mayor Michael Bloomber... Read more

Fruit growers urged to change pesticides

504 words, approx. 2 pages

Fruit growers are being urged to look for alternative pest controls as government regulators look to quash the use of insecticides deemed unsafe by farmworker advocacy groups.One insecticide under ... Read more

No Grapes at Connecticut Fruit Winery

494 words, approx. 2 pages

White Silo Farm and Winery isn't very big or elaborate. There are no 300-gallon fermentation bins, no oak barrels for aging, no fancy corking or bottling machinery. In f... Read more

China to buy 2,000 tons of fruit from Taiwan

250 words, approx. 1 pages

Taipei (dpa) - China has agreed to buy 2,000 tons of fruit to help ease the glut of fruit in Taiwan, Taiwan's opposition Chinese Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), said... Read more

Gunmen ravage colony of rare fruit bats in Cyprus

319 words, approx. 2 pages

NICOSIA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A protected colony of rare fruit bats in Cyprus has almost been wiped out by unidentified gunmen using them for target practice, conservation groups and authorities sai... Read more

Study: Candy Lovers Also Partial to Fruit

432 words, approx. 2 pages

Cookie lovers seem more likely to eat apples and other fruits than salty snacks, suggests a new study. If true, that finding might be useful in encouraging healthier eating, according to the l... Read more