History of fruits By Allah Dad Khan

2. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF FRUITS
A LECTURE BY
MR ALLAH DAD KHAN FORMER DG
AGRICULTURE EXTENSION KPK PROVINCE

3. WHAT IS FRUIT
 Fruit is a subset of this larger group. In
practice, definitions fall in two camps:
1. Scientific classification...fruits are result in
flowers, or have pits/seeds/stones.
2. Culinary application...vegetables are part
of the main meal (savory) & fruits are dessert
(sweet).

4. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF ALMOND
 Almonds are mentioned as far back in history as
the Bible. They were a prized ingredient in breads
served to Egypt's pharos. Their exact ancestry in
unknown, but almonds are thought to have
originated in China and Central Asia.
 Explorers ate almonds while traveling the "Silk
Road" between Asia and the Mediterranean.
Before long, almond trees flourished in the
Mediterranean -- especially in Spain and Italy.
 The almond tree was brought to California from
Spain in the mid-1700's by the Franciscan
Padres. The moist, cool weather of the coastal
missions, however, did not provide optimum
growing conditions. It wasn't until the following
century that trees were successfully planted
inland. By the 1870's, research and cross-
breeding had developed several of today's
prominent almond varieties. By the turn of the
20th century, the almond industry was firmly
established in the Sacramento and San Joaquin
areas of California's great Central Valley.
 Throughout history, almonds have maintained
religious, ethnic and social significance. The
Bible's "Book of Numbers" tells the story of
Aaron's rod that blossomed and bore almonds,
giving the almond the symbolism of divine
approval

5. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF AMLA
 In other Hindu myths, Amla is said
to have originated from the drops
ofAmrit which spilled on earth
accidentally, because of the fight of
Gods and Demons after ksheera
sagar manthan. And hence also this
religious belief makes claims that it
almost cures every disease and is
also good in extending the longevity
of life.
 In the Sanskrit Buddhist tradition
half an amalaka fruit was the final
gift to the Buddhist sangha by the
great Indian emperor Ashoka. This
is illustrated in the Ashokavadana in
the following verses:

6. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF APPLE
 The apple has been grown for
thousands of years. Indeed, it could
be said it goes back to the
beginning of time as it is purported
to have led to the Fall of Adam and
Eve. It is also said that an apple
refreshed Mohammed just before
he breathed his last. Back on earth,
it was well-known in Ancient China
and Egypt, as well as to the ancient
Greeks and Romans: Pliny the
Elder talked of 37 varieties when
writing in 23AD. Apples have been
popular and widely available ever
since. Indeed, today there are over
5,000 named apple varieties. The
term “An apple a day keeps the
doctor away” appears to have
originated in the 19th century and is
still quoted, with some accuracy, to
this day.

7. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF APRICOT
 Apricots originally came from
China or Siberia – some 4000
years ago, it is said. In ancient
times they spread across Persia
to the Mediterranean region and
the Romans knew them and
loved them. However, they
never succeeded in
transplanting them to Northern
Europe. Apricots did reach
Britain in the 13th century but
were only successfully
introduced in the 16th century.
Later the Arabs grew apricots.
The luxury of eating them fresh
is still fairly rare as the season is
quite short: the canned version
is just not the same...

8. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF AVACADO
 Avocados originated in Central
America and the Spanish
discovered them there in the 16th
century. Its anglicised name is a
corruption of the Aztec world
ahuacatl, which was apparently
used to both describe the fruit and
the testicle. In the 19th century
avocados were introduced to the
USA and Australia. However in
Europe avocados only really
became popular in the late 20th
century. There are three main types:
Guatemalans are mostly large,
green and warty, except for the
purple but still very warty Hass;
Mexicans are smaller and West
Indian avocados are large and
smooth-skinned.

9. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF BANANAS
 Bananas are native to
Southeast Asia. However by
500 BC they were being grown
in India. Alexander the Great ate
them and his men took them
back to the Western World. By
200 AD bananas were grown in
China. Bananas were probably
taken to Madagascar by the
Arabs and spread from there to
mainland Africa. In the 16th
century the Portuguese took
bananas to the New World. The
first recorded sale of bananas in
England was in 1633 however
they were expensive until the
end of the 19th century.

10. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF BLACKBERRY
 Blackberries grew wild in
Europe, Asia and North and
South America – and still do.
For thousands of years people
ate blackberries and blackberry
remains have been found in
many of the earliest European
habitations. So much fruit has
been available in hedges and
woods that it has never been
cultivated on a large scale. It
has also, since ancient times,
been used as a medicine. High
in antioxidants like all berries,
they are good for the
cardiovascular system in
particular.

11. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF BLACK CURRANTS
 In the Middle Ages and for
centuries afterwards
blackcurrants were used as a
medicine. During World War
II the government in Britain
encouraged people to grow
them as they were a rich
source of vitamin C. Most
were made into cordial and
blackcurrant drinks have
remained popular in Britain
since then.
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12. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF BLUEBERRIES
 Blueberries, huckleberries or
whortleberries are native to Europe as a
low shrub found on heaths and moors but
the fruit is particularly popular now in North
America, where they were eaten by Native
Americans (sometimes with meat). They
were also used as a medicine. Europeans
learned how to grow blueberries and from
the late 19th century they were canned.
Blueberries are better-fruiting than
huckleberries, which is why they remain
largely unknown today (apart from Mark
Twain’s eponymous character, Huckleberry
Finn). The smaller, related Northern
European bilberry is very hard to cultivate
so remains largely a wild fruit.
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13. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF BREADFRUIT
 Breadfruit is native to
Indonesia and Malaysia.
It was spread to the
Pacific by the
Polynesians. The in the
18th century Europeans
took breadfruit to the
West Indies and Central
America.
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14. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF CASHEW NUT
 While many of the cashews
produced for commerce
come from Africa and India,
the cashew tree (Anacardium
occidentale) is native to
tropical regions of Brazil. The
tree produces a long, fleshy
stalk, called a cashew apple,
which resembles a small
pear. At the end of this stalk
grows the kidney-
shaped cashew nut that
many know and love.
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15. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF CHERRIES
 Cherries are native to Asia and Cherry
Blossom Time is particularly celebrated in
Japan. Cherries were eaten by the
Chinese, the Greeks and the Romans.
However in Northern Europe cherries only
really became popular in the late Middle
Ages. In Britain, that coincided with Henry
VIII reintroducing them from France and by
1640 the cherry orchards of Kent were well
established. In the 17th century colonists
also took cherries to North America. There
are sweet and sour cherries (such as the
Morello), all used for cooking. Short-
seasoned like apricots, they are a
particular luxury fresh.
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16. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF CHECKO
 The sapodilla is believed
to be native to Yucatan
and possibly other
nearby parts of southern
Mexico, as well as
northern Belize and
northeastern Guatemala.
It was introduced long
ago throughout tropical
America and the West
Indies and the southern
part of the Florida
mainland.

17. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF COCONUT
 The origin of the coconut plant is
vague. Many researchers suggest
Malaysia to be the likeliest place,
others consider the north-west of
South America. The fruit has spread
worldwide mostly with the help of
seafarers. The coconut fruit itself is
light and water resistant, it can keep
itself afloat on the surface of the
water, thus able to be spread by
currents. Now it is grown in more
than 70 countries throughout the
world. The major countries are
India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka,
Philippines, Maldives.
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18. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF CUSTARD APPLE
 Sugar-apple is the fruit
of Annona squamosa, the most
widely grown species
of Annona and a native of the
tropical Americas andWest
Indies. The Spanish traders and
others brought it to Asia where
its old Mexican name ate may
still be found in Bengali ata,
Nepalese aati, Sinhalese katu
atha, Burmese aajaa thee,
and atis in the Philippines. It is
also known as custard
apple (mainlyAnnona reticulata)
in the Philippines.[1]

19. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PALM TREE
 Since the middle of the third
millennium BCE dates were
grown, though they were not
of high quality. The palmtree,
imposing when fully grown,
was also planted for
shade there is a large city
named Chemmis in the
Theban district near
Neapolis, and in this city
there is a temple of Perseus
the son of Danae which is of
a square shape, and round it
grow date-palms.

20. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF FALSA
 Grewia
asiatica (Phalsa or Falsa)
(Urdu: ‫فالسہ‬, Hindi: फ़ालस़ा
) is a species
of Grewia native to
southern Asia from Pakistan,
India east toCambodia, and
widely cultivated in other
tropical countries.[2][3] Grewia
celtidifolia was initially
considered a mere variety of
Phalsa, but is now
recognized as a distinct
species.
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21. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF FIG
 Figs have been grown in the Middle East
since prehistoric times: indeed, along with
the apple, the fig leaf took a starring role in
Eden, covering Adam’s private parts. They
were also mentioned in Sumer (Iraq) as
early as 2500 BC. They were a staple food
in Egypt and were later grown by the
Greeks and Romans. The Greeks claimed
they were given to them by the goddess
Aphrodite (Demeter). Pliny, in Roman
times in 60AD, notes no fewer than 29
varieties of fig (he obviously had a thing
about fruit!). Figs were probably introduced
to England by the Romans and also to
China in the 8th century AD. Figs were
taken by Spaniards to the Americas in the
16th century. Figs were also introduced to
England again in the 16th century. There
are now over 600 fig species, including
such well-known ornamentals as the India
rubber plant and the weeping fig.
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22. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF GOOSE BERRIES

Gooseberries are native to Europe and Western
Asia. Green and distinctively hairy, they were first
mentioned in England in the 13th century when
they were mentioned in purchases made for the
Westminster garden of Edward I in 1276. By the
19th century they were a very popular food and
the Victorians competed to grow larger and larger
fruit. The name gooseberry may simply be goose
berry because they were eaten with goose or it
may be a corruption of the Dutch word kruisbes,
which means cross berry.
 The Cape Gooseberry is quite different – smooth,
yellow-orange and wrapped in a papery cocoon, it
is reputed to be native to Peru and Chile. A
tropical South American plant (Physalis
peruviana), it was grown by early settlers at the
Cape of Good Hope before 1807. Soon after its
adoption in the Cape of Good Hope it was carried
to Australia and there acquired its common
English name. It was one of the.few fresh fruits of
the early settlers in New South Wales. There it
has long been grown on a large scale and is
abundantly naturalised.

23. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF GRAPEFRUIT
 It is not known exactly how the grapefruit
originated although it was known as the
“shaddock” or “shattuck” until the 1800s,
taking the name from Captain Shaddock,
who introduced the pomelo to the
Caribbean from Polynesia in the 17th
century. It was first formally recorded in
1750 by the Rev. Griffith Hughes
describing specimens from Barbados,
where the grapefruit is said to be one of
the "Seven Wonders of Barbados”. It is
believed to be a hybrid of two other fruits –
the pomelo and the sweet orange. Pink
grapefruit sealed grapefruit’s commercial.
success. The Ruby Red has even become
a symbol fruit for Texas, where white
"inferior" grapefruit were eliminated and
only red grapefruit grown for decades.

24. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF GRAPE
 Vitis vitaceae (table) and vinifera (wine) grape
varieties go back a long, long time. They were
first cultivated in Caucasia in perhaps 6000BC.
Cultivation progressed into Egypt and Phoenicia
in about 3000BC. By 2000BC, viticulture reached
Greece, and by 1000BC it had reached Italy,
Sicily and North Africa. Residents of Spain,
Portugal and France began viticulture in 500BC
and finally the practice spread into eastern and
Northern Europe and even the British Isles.
Grapes were, obviously, used to make wine,
whose history is considerable, and have a
number of famous historical characters
associated with them. Cleopatra, for instance,
was said to have had a particular love for grapes
and is purported by schoolboy myth to have come
up with the sybaritic phrase: “Peel me a grape”. In
1970, per capita consumption of grapes in the
United States was 2.5 pounds (just over a
kilogramme). Today the total hovers around eight
pounds (3.6kg). The move from seeded to
seedless grapes is comparatively recent and
Dole’s Mando varieties include a number of this
increasingly popular variant, as well as a large-
graped variety rejoicing in the name of
Moonballs...

25. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF GUAVA
 Guavas originated from an
area thought to extend
from Mexico orCentral
America and was
distributed
throughout tropical Americ
a andCaribbean
region.[3] They were
adopted as a crop in
subtropical and tropical
Asia, the southern United
States (from Tennessee
and North Carolina south,
as well as the west and
Hawaii,) and tropical Africa

26. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF HAZELNUT
 Hazelnuts are believed
to be native to Asia.
They were grown by
the Chinese and also
by the Greeks and the
Romans. Hazelnuts
were first grown in the
USA in the 18th
century.
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27. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF JAMUN
 Jamun fruit are native to
India and surrounding
countries: Nepal, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka. The tree
was introduced to the US
via Florida in 1911. Jamun
fruit does not ripen off the
tree and individual berries
ripen at different times;
fruit is picked daily and is
most often foraged. Jamun
can be found a farmer’s
markets in India and in the
surrounding region.

28. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF JUJUBE
 Jujube fruit benefits are very
recognized for thousands of
years. Jujube fruit is utilized
as herbal medicine for
hundreds of years within
China along with other Asian
countries. Since this fruit is
extremely healthy and also
loaded with numerous
minerals and vitamins, it will
help in the development and
also maintenance of the
blood stream, entire body
hormones, bone fragments,
muscles, skin, hair, body
enzymes and also
neurotransmitters

29. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF KIWIFRUIT
 Kiwifruit is native to South-East Asia.
Although grown in China for centuries as
the Chinese Gooseberry, kiwifruit were not
commercially grown in the West until the
20th century. In fact, its resurgence in the
West originated in New Zealand in 1904
when a certain Ms Isabel Fraser brought
back some little black seeds from China
and the New Zealand kiwifruit industry was
born, taking its name from New Zealand’s
national bird. In the last few decades of the
20th century kiwifruit has become popular
throughout the world in both its green and
more recently yellow-fleshed varieties.
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30. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF LEMONS
 Lemons originally came from Southern
Asia and China. They later reached the
Middle East, in the 10th century, and they
were known to the Romans although they
were rare in the Roman Empire. Later the
Arabs introduced lemons to Spain and
Sicily – and they are recorded as being
grown in Genoa by the mid 15th century.
Common in both North African and Middle
Eastern cooking, they became more
popular in northern Europe in the 15th
century. Thereafter it appears Columbus
did his bit in spreading them around the
world, as they are recorded as growing in
the Azores in 1494 and the Antilles in 1557.
They had reached orchard size in South
America in 1587 and Cuba was also
covered in them at about the same time.
They are now mainly grown in California,
Florida, Israel, Spain and South Africa.
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31. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF LIME
 Limes are native to Southern Asia.
The Arabs took them to the
Mediterranean area and later the
Crusaders took them to Europe.
Columbus took limes to the West
Indies. From 1795 British sailors
were given rations of lime juice to
prevent scurvy. A smaller tree than
the lemon, the small green fruits do
not travel well and are mainly
consumed locally or made into
cordial. Again, Rose’s Lime Juice
Cordial is a staple of childhood
memories all over the world. Limes
are round and do not have the
lemon’s characteristic nipple –
useful for distinguishing unripe
lemons sold as limes.
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32. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF LONGBERRIES
 Loganberries are a hybrid of
the American dewberry (a
type of blackberry) and
raspberries, raised by a
Judge John H. Logan of
California in 1882. They were
introduced to Britain in 1897.
Related varieties include the
boysenberry and the Scottish
tayberry. Loganberries are
much prized in cookery for
their size and taste – and are
particularly good in jam.
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33. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF LYCHEES
 Lychees are native to
China, where they have
been grown for
centuries. However
lychees were unknown
in Europe until the 18th
century. From the late
19th century lychees
were grown in Hawaii,
California and Florida
and southern Africa.
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34. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF LOQUAT
 The loquat (Eriobotrya
japonica) is
a species of flowering
plant in
the family Rosaceae,
an ancient fruit grown
in Japan for the past
1,000 years, is
probably nativeto the
cooler hill regions of
China to south-central
China

35. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF MANGOES
 Mangos are native to
southern Asia. In the
10th century Persian
merchants brought them
to the Middle East and
by the 18th century they
were grown in South
America and the West
Indies.
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36. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF MULBERRY

Mulberry trees were well known in
the ancient civilizations of the world.
They were famous fruit trees,
because of the delicious berry fruits
that were abundantly produced by
fast growing trees—loaded with
huge green leaves that were eaten
by livestock, along with the berries,
and the leaves were used in the
Orient to fatten silkworms for the
silk trade. General Oglethorpe, in
1733, imported 500 white mulberry
trees to Fort Frederica in Georgia to
encourage silk production at the
English colony of Georgia.
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37. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF NECTARINE
 Nectarines, like peaches,
probably originated in China
over 2,000 years ago and were
cultivated in ancient Persia,
Greece and Rome. They were
grown in Great Britain in the late
16th or early 17th centuries, and
were introduced to America by
the Spanish.
The word 'nectarine' means
sweet as nectar, and this is very
likely the obvious origin of the
name.
Today, California grows over
95% of the nectarines produced
in the United States

38. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF OLIVE
 From biblical times, the olive
tree has served as a symbol of
sacredness, peace and unity.
Archaeologists have unearthed
olive pits at sites dating to about
8,000 years old. And dating as
far back as 6,000 years ago,
archaeologists find evidence
of olive oil production in Carmel,
Israel, Besnard said.
 Yet exactly where the olive was
first cultivated has been hotly
debated.
 Greece is one country where
olives first grew.
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39. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF ORANGES
 Oranges are native to China
and they were grown in that
country as early as 2,500 BC.
The Romans imported oranges
but after the fall of Rome they
were forgotten in Western
Europe. When the Arabs
conquered Spain in the 8th
century they introduced
oranges. Later they were
introduced into Italy. In the 16th
century Spaniards took oranges
to the Americas. In the 17th
century rich Englishmen began
growing oranges.
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40. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PAPAYA
 Papaya is native to tropical
America, from Southern
Mexico through the Andes of
South America. It was spread
to the south by Indians, and
throughout the Caribbean
with Spanish exploration. The
Spanish also carried it to
Europe and the Pacific
Islands. By the mid 17th
century, papaya was
distributed pantropically.
Papaya was introduced to
Hawaii in the 1800s, and
Hawaii remains the only state
in the USA to produce
papaya commercially

41. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PASSION FRUIT
 Passion fruits were
native to central South
America. They were
given their name by the
Spaniards who were
reminded of the passion
of Christ. Passion fruits
were introduced into
England and Australia in
the 19th century.
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42. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PAWPAW
 The pawpaw is native
to North America. The
Spanish discovered
the pawpaw in 1541.
However pawpaws did
not become popular in
Europe until the end of
the 20th century.
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43. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PEACH
 China is the origin of the peach
(Prunus persica, Rosaceae),
domesticated before 3300-2500
BCE (Faust 1995). Peach culture
dates to 2000 BCE and there are
now thousands of cultivars in China
(Wang 1985). The peach is
mentioned in Chinese literature as
early as 1000 BCE and became
entwined in Chinese mythology and
folklore. A number of forms were
selected in different parts of
ChinaAmericas in the 16th century.
They were grown in England by the
17th century but they were rare and
expensive until the 20th century.
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44. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PEAR
 Pears are native to Europe
and North Asia. Pears
were grown by the Greeks
and by the Romans. Pears
were grown in England in
the Middle Ages and many
new varieties were grown
in the 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries. As well as being
eaten pears were used to
make perry.
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45. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PECAN
 The history of pecans can be traced back
to the 16th century. The only major tree nut
that grows naturally in North America, the
pecan is considered one of the most
valuable North American nut species. The
name “pecan” is a Native American word of
Algonquin origin that was used to describe
“all nuts requiring a stone to crack.”
 Originating in central and eastern North
America and the river valleys of Mexico,
pecans were widely used by pre-colonial
residents. Pecans were favored because
they were accessible to waterways, easier
to shell than other North American nut
species and of course, for their great taste.
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46. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PERSIMMON
 The tree is native
to Japan, China, Korea, Burma and
Nepal.[1][5] It isdeciduous, with
broad, stiff leaves, and is known as
the shizi (柿子 in Chinese), and also
as the Japanese Persimmon or kaki
(柿) in Japanese. It is the most
widely cultivated species. Its fruits
are sweet and slightly tangy with a
soft to occasionally fibrous texture.
Cultivation of the fruit extended first
to other parts of
east Asia, India and Nepal and was
later introduced to California and
southern Europe in the 1800s and
to Brazil in the 1890s,[6] and
numerous cultivars have been
selected. It is edible in its crisp, firm
state but has its best flavor when
allowed to rest and soften slightly
after harves

47. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PLUM
 Plums are an ancient fruit. They grew wild
in Europe, Western Asia and the
Caucasus, as well as North America.
Plums were grown by the Ancient Chinese
and the Romans and later by the Arabs.
They naturalised in Greece first and then
throughout temperate climates. The
Crusaders brought damsons back from the
Middle East to Europe. They were imported
to North America in the 17th century and
flourished. Indeed, the notorious prune (a
plum left to dry on the tree) was a major
export for California. Today the many
varieties of plum are one of the world’s
most popular fruits and research
has.recently proven that they are very
good for us.
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48. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PINEAPPLE
 Pineapples originally grew in South
America and Christopher Columbus
discovered them in 1493. However
during the 16th and 17th centuries
pineapples were very expensive in
Europe as they had to be imported.
By the early 18th century
pineapples were grown in
hothouses in Northern Europe but
they were still very costly. In the
19th century pineapples became
cheaper. Pineapples were first
canned in the late 19th century but
canned pineapple first became
common in the early 20th century.
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49. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PISTACHIO
 The pistachio has a long and
interesting history. Native to
the Middle East, pistachios
are one of the oldest
flowering nut trees. Recent
archeological evidence in
Turkey suggests that humans
were enjoying them as early
as 7,000 B.C. Flourishing in
hot climates, pistachios
spread from the Middle East
to the Mediterranean, quickly
becoming a treasured
delicacy among royalty,
travelers and common folk
alike.

50. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF POMELO
 Citrus maxima was originally
called "shaddick" in English,
after the captain of an East
India Company ship who
introduced it to Jamaica in
1696.[2] The word "pomelo"
has become the more
common name, although
"pomelo" has historically
been used for grapefruit.
(The 1973 printing of
theAmerican Heritage
Dictionary, for example, gives
grapefruit as the only
meaning of "pomelo".)

51. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF POMEGRANATE
 Pomegranates were native to
Iran and they have been grown
for thousands of years. They
were eaten by the Egyptians
and also by the Ancient
Chinese, the Greeks and the
Romans. Pomegranates were
known in Europe in the Middle
Ages and they were mentioned
by Shakespeare. Pomegranates
were introduced into the New
World in the 16th century.
Pomegranate is believed to be a
corruption of the old French
words pome garnete, which
meant seed apple.
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52. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF QUINCE
 Its birthplace is thought to have been the
Fertile Crescent in Asia Minor, the cradle of
civilization. From there it spread to the
Mediterranean, delighting the Greeks and
Romans with its tart, delicate flavor and
powerful aroma. (A bowl of quinces on a
table perfumes the air.) Because apples
were unknown in the ancient world, a
quince might well have tempted Eve, and
the golden apples of the Hesperides, given
to Aphrodite by Paris of Troy, were
probably quinces, too.
 The edible quince, Cydonia oblonga, is not
the same as the ornamental flowering
quince, Chaenomeles, which announces
spring with its showy early blooms of
scarlet, white or pink. Its fruits are
insignificant.

53. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF RASPBERRIES
 Raspberries are native
to Asia. The
romans grew them and
they were also grown
in England from the
Middle Ages onward.
Raspberries were
used as a medicine as
well as a food.
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54. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF RHUBARB
 Rhubarb’s distinctive pink stems
are native to China (records
date form 2700BC) and for
thousands of years people
believed it was a medicine.
Rhubarb reached Europe in the
17th century and by the 18th
century the French (who else?)
were using it as a food as well
as medicine – making it into
pies and tarts. Introduced to
Maine in 1790, by the 19th
century rhubarb had become a
popular food in North America.
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55. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF SATSUMAS
 Satsumas were first
recorded in Japan
where they were
grown for centuries.
Satsumas were
introduced into the
USA in the 19th
century.
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56. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF STRAWBERRIES
 Strawberries grew wild in
Europe and eastern North
America. They were grown by
the Romans and were a popular
fruit in Europe during the Middle
Ages. In the 19th century
strawberries became widely
cultivated in the USA. Nobody
knows why they are called
strawberries. They may once
have been called strewn berries
because the berries are strewn
on the plant. Or the name may
come from the old word strew,
which meant to spread because
runners spread from the plant.
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57. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF TANGERINES
 Tangerines are native to
Asia. They were
introduced into Europe
in the early 19th century
and they were named
Tangerines because
they came from the port
of Tangier in North
Africa. Tangerines were
introduced into the USA
in the mid-19th century.
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58. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WALNUT
 Walnuts first grew in
Persia. They were
grown by the Greeks
and later by the
Romans and walnuts
spread through
Europe. Walnuts were
well known in England
in the 16th century.
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59. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF ZIZYPHUS
 The species is believed
to have originated in
Indo-Malaysian region of
South-East Asia.[2] It is
now widely naturalised
throughout the Old
World tropics from
SouthernAfrica through
the Middle East to
the Indian
Subcontinent and China,
Indomalaya, and
into Australasia and
the Pacific Islands