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FRUIT TRIVIA II

11) Which fruit looks like an inside-out strawberry?


When ripe, a pineberry is almost completely white, but with red seeds. It is a mix of two species of strawberries, and its taste contains a hint of pineapple.

12) What is a cluster of bananas called?


A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas known as fingers.

13) Apples are from which family of plants?


Rosaceae, the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes many edible fruits (such as apples, pears, peaches, apricots, plums, and cherries.)

14) How many sexes of papaya plants are there?


Papaya plants grow in three sexes: male, female, and hermaphrodite. The male produces only pollen, never fruit. The female produces small, inedible fruits unless pollinated. The hermaphrodite can self-pollinate since its flowers contain both male stamens and female ovaries. Most commercial papaya orchards contain only hermaphrodites.

15) How much did the world's largest apple weigh?


A Hokuto apple that weighed in at 4 lbs. 1 oz. was discovered by Chisato Iwasaki in Hirosaki City, Japan on Oct. 24, 2005, making it the largest apple ever recorded.

16) Which plant produces a fruit that looks like eyeballs?


The most striking feature of white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) is its fruit, a white berry whose size, shape, and black stigma scar give the species its other common name, "doll's eyes".

17) Which fruit is susceptible to Panama disease?


During the 1950s, an outbreak of Panama disease almost wiped out the commercial production of Gros Michel bananas, the dominant cultivar. The outbreak inflicted enormous costs on the industry and forced producers to switch to other, disease-resistant cultivars. Currently, a new outbreak threatens the production of today's most popular cultivar, the Cavendish.

18) Which fruit is illegal to eat in some countries while using public transportation?


Due to its overpowering smell--which has been described as rotten onions, turpentine, or raw sewage--durian consumption is banned on many types of public transport across Thailand, Japan and Hong Kong.

19) What is the most widely grown grape?


As of 2015, Kyoho was the world's most cultivated grape variety by land area (365000ha). More than 90% of these vines are located in China. Kyoho grapes are blackish-purple, or almost black, with large seeds. While the seeds are bitter and the skin is not traditionally eaten, the flesh is juicy with high sugar content and mild acidity.

20) Who introduced bananas to the Western world?


In 327 BC, when Alexander the Great and his army invaded India, he discovered banana crops in the Indian Valleys. After tasting this unusual fruit for the first time, he introduced his new discovery to the Western world.

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