Tuesday, May 5, 2020

CranBerries




Biological Name:
Cranberry is biologically known as Vaccinium macrocarpon.
Taste:
Cranberries are healthy with sour and sparking taste.
Native/famous to grown in:
Cranberries are famous to be North American.
Eaten in which form ?
   -Cranberries are eaten in raw form.
   - Cranberries are taken in juice form.
   - Cranberries are used in supplements in

Monday, May 4, 2020

Grapes



Grapes



Photo by: Bro-nO on pixabay

The botanically, grape is considered to be a berry (refer1) and its biological name is Vitis vinifera. The grapes are of different colors and sizes i.e. green, yellow black and pink.

History

The history of grapes (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera, ) about their cultivation started about the 6000 years ago (Refer 2).
By 4000 B.C., from Transcaucasia to Asia Minor growing

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Dates

             
Dates (Phoenix dactylifera)



 Small Tree of Palm
 Photo by simon on pixabay  

Dates with biological name Phoenix dactylifera L., belongs to the members of the palm family Arecaceae, or Palmae (refer 1). Such name of the species dactylifera or “date-bearing” is combination of two words; one is greek word dáktulos in replacement of “date” and the other one is stem who is associated with the Greek verb ferō. (Refer 2,3).Also in Phoenix dactylifera L. , phoenix refers to date palm and "dactylifera" refers to meaning of finger (Linné, 1734).
                       In the Arabian Peninsula, Dates have significant value. In Holy Quran and Hadith Dates importance have been documented. Dates are

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Strawberry


                                                                           

Photo credit : J.Lon pixabay

History of strawberry
1300’s :
 In Europe ,Strawberry was cultivated by the French. They took the wood strawberry also named as Fragaria Vesca into their graden from wild environment.

1500’s:
 In Europe, the musky strawberry also named as Fragaria moschata took