Apple Rings
Apples existed as wild fruit since prehistoric times and have been cultivated for more than 3000 years by Greeks, Romans,…
Apricots
Apricots are believed to have originated in North Central and North Western China over 4000 years ago. Following Alexander the…
Banana Chips
In popular culture “banana” usually refers to soft, sweet, dessert bananas, particularly those of the Cavendish group, which are the…
Blueberries
Highbush Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) are native to North America from Minnesota eastward, and are the species most often cultivated. There…
Cherries
Sweet Cherries (Prunus avium) and Sour Cherries (Prunus cerasus) share their genus with plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, and almonds. These…
Cranberries
The cranberry gets its name from Dutch and German settlers in the United States, who called it “crane berry”. The…
Currants
A Currant is a dried Zante grape, the name being a corruption of the French raisin de Corinthe (Corinth grape)….
Dates
The palm is perhaps the worlds oldest food producing plant known to man. Its seeds dating back 50,000 years were…
Figs
Figs are one of the oldest cultivated fruit in the World. Their origin can be found back in Asia Minor…
Ginger
Ginger ( Zingiber officinale) originated in the tropical rainforests, from the Indian subcontinent to Southern Asia. Ginger arrived in Europe…
Goji Berries
The Goji berry (also known as the Wolfberry) is the common name for two species of Boxthorn (Lycium Barbarum and…
Kiwi
Kiwifruit, or generally abbreviated as Kiwi, or Chinese Gooseberry is the edible berry of several species of Wood vines in…
Mango
Mangos are the fruits of numerous tropical trees belonging to the flowering plant genus Mangifera which actually belongs to the…
Melon
The melon (Cucumis melo) is a herbaceous monoecious plant with creeping stems. It is cultivated for its fruit, a pepónide…
Papaya
Originally from southern Mexico (particularly from Chiapas and Veracruz), Central America and northern South America, papaya is now grown in…
Peaches
Whilst it is botanically named after Persia (it actually means Persian plum), the peach actually originated in China where the…
Pears
Pears are one of the world’s oldest cultivated and beloved fruits. In 5,000 B.C., Feng Li, a Chinese diplomat, abandoned…
Pineapple
The pineapple (Ananás Comosus) is a tropical plant with a multiple edible fruit consisting of fused berries, also called pineapples,…
Prunes
Plums are native in China where they were cultivated for thousands of years, America as well as Europe. Romans are…
Raisins
It is probably safe to say that raisins were discovered by man the first time he found them accidentally dried…
Strawberries
Not as early as some of the other fruits we deal in, strawberries history goes back by 2200 years. They…
Sultanas
It is speculated that the word ‘Sultana’ derives from the town of Salt in Western Jordan – an ancient settlement…
