You will find that avocado is unlike any other fruit you have ever tasted.

The fruit is allowed to mature on the tree, but it is still firm at this point.

The fruit is then cooled to 42-degrees-F., a temperature at which it lapses into a sort of dormant state.

This cooling does not change the avocado in any way, it just delays the natural softening of the fruit until a grovelike temperature ( room temperature ) is restored.

Turn off at any one of the marked picnic areas ( gasoline companies have touring service bureaus that issue booklets on national parks to tell you where you have barbecue facilities ) and -- with soft drinks cooled from morning loading up, hamburger, buns, an array of relishes, and fresh fruit -- your lunch is 75% cheaper than at a restaurant, and 100% more fun.

`` The human ego being what it is '', I put in, `` science fiction has always assumed that the creatures on the planets of a thousand larger solar systems than ours must look like gigantic tube-nosed fruit bats.

The latest and, significantly, greatest fruit of this theatrical vine is The, an adaptation of Basho's classic frog-haiku by Roger Entwhistle, a former University of Maryland chemistry instructor.

White pepper is the ground seed of the common black pepper fruit.

Today, by contrast it is a lively and colorful fruit, vegetable, and flower market.

In Buddhism, karma ( Pāli kamma ) is strictly distinguished from vipāka, meaning " fruit " or " result ".

Vanilla is obtained from the fruit of the orchid Vanilla planifolia.

The fruit is a capsule.

The fruit of the almond is a drupe, consisting of an outer hull and a hard shell with the seed or " nut " ( which is not a true nut ) inside.

Another odd trait recently discovered is that both caimans and the American Alligator have been observed taking foliage and fruit into their diet in addition to their normal diet of fish and meat .< ref >< http :// scienceblogs. com / tetrapodzoology / 2008 / 10 / alligators_eat_fruit. php ></ ref >

The fruit is a samara drawn out into a long wing with the seed in the middle.

For example, the Hindu deity of Ganesh is represented as having the head of the elephant, thereby symbolizing that the fruit of righteous worships is abundance

The term " wild type " allele is sometimes used to describe an allele that is thought to contribute to the typical phenotypic character as seen in " wild " populations of organisms, such as fruit flies ( Drosophila melanogaster ).

Originally based on the date used to calculate the age of fruit trees for tithing as mandated in Leviticus 19: 23 – 25, the holiday now is most often observed by planting trees, or raising money to plant trees.

The shelter provided by these two mountainous ridges has produced a " micro climate " which provides relatively mild temperatures for the region and, coupled with the fertile glacial sedimentary soils on the valley floor, the region is conducive to growing vegetable and fruit crops.

In between lies Strathmore, a derivation of the Gaelic for the Great Valley, which is a fertile agricultural area noted for the growing of potatoes, soft fruit and the raising of Angus cattle.

*" Self-respect is the fruit of discipline, the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, they are said to have originated at the Monastero della Martorana, Palermo, when nuns decorated empty fruit trees with marzipan fruit to impress an archbishop visiting at Easter.

Afterwards the Fourth Cup of Wine is drunk and a brief Grace for the " fruit of the vine " is said.

Many species of plants produce fruit that are similar to berries, but not actually berries, and these are said to be baccate.

Vegetables or fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be candied.

In 1802, an Italian agronomist said of Tuscany that " the fruit of the chestnut tree is practically the sole subsistence of our highlanders ", while in 1879 it was said that it almost exclusively fed whole populations for half the year, as " a temporary but complete substitution for cereals ".

If the two or more ratio quantities encompass all of the quantities in a particular situation, for example two apples and three oranges in a fruit basket containing no other types of fruit, it could be said that " the whole " contains five parts, made up of two parts apples and three parts oranges.

The fruit of the marriage was Ninyas, said to have succeeded Ninus.

Then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, said of abuses in celebration of the liturgy: “ In the place of liturgy as the fruit of development came fabricated liturgy.

Early adherents adopted their dietary laws based on their interpretation of several books of the Bible, including the Book of Genesis (" Then God said, " I give you every Seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.

They appear in the chapter Eight Nights of Love as passing through the small town of Blackwell, where they plant an orchard but also the Tree of Life, in the center of said town, tree which is said to bloom and bear fruit in mid-winter.

The name serviceberry comes from the similarity of the fruit to the related European Sorbus ; it is also said that their flowers heralded the roads in the Appalachian mountains becoming passable, which meant that the circuit-riding preachers would be coming soon and church services would resume ; also, that the ground was thawed enough to dig graves, and funeral services could be had for those who died over the winter.

The climate of the British Isles seems peculiarly adapted to bring the gooseberry to perfection, and it may be grown successfully even in the most northern parts of Scotland where it is commonly known as a " grozet "; indeed, the flavour of the fruit is said to improve with increasing latitude.

" He said it is insufficient to claim God's salvation and then stagnate, return to sinning deliberately, or not produce any evidence ( fruit ) of following Christ.

The community is situated in the Hiko mountain range, about 17 kilometres from the centre of Hita City, and is said to have been established in 1705 to make large wares – lidded jars for pickled vegetables and fruit, water crocks, ash burners, and pouring vessels with small spouts – for local farmhouses.

The journalist and gourmand R. W. Apple, Jr. once said of the fruit, " No other fruit, for me, is so thrillingly, intoxicatingly luscious … I'd rather eat one than a hot fudge sundae, which for a big Ohio boy is saying a lot.

Gertrud's son Josef Pan, 62, a fruit and vegetable wholesaler from Kempten, whose family own the letters, said: " Rommel was Walburga's only love.

Brigit then said that a large tree in the virgin ’ s garden would have twofold fruit from its offshoots, and this was done .< ref >" Bethu Brigte.

In some trees, like Jackfruit, the seeds can be found already germinated while the fruit goes overripe ; this condition cannot be said as vivipary since the moist and humid conditions provided by the fruit mimics a wet soil that encourages germination.

This delightful tropical fruit has become well-known in the past thirty years because modern transportation methods have made it possible to ship avocados anywhere in the United States.

Coconuts, the fruit of the coconut palm, have the largest of all known seeds and are grown in South Pacific islands as a crop for domestic and export markets.

Traditionally groups within the family have been delimited largely based on fruit morphology, and the results from this have not been congruent with the more recent molecular phylogenetic analyses.

Insects, spiders and even their webs, annelids, frogs, crustaceans, bacteria and amoebae, marine microfossils, wood, flowers and fruit, hair, feathers and other small organisms have been recovered in ambers dating to.

This vision bore fruit and schools in New Zealand have long planted native trees on Arbor Day.

# malt beverages to which various fruit juices or other flavorings have been added

# beverages containing wine to which ingredients such as fruit juice or other flavorings have been added ( wine coolers )

The two countries have agreed to cooperate in plant science, crops technology, vegetable and fruit preservation, biotechnology, post-harvest technology, livestock, organic agriculture, irrigation and water resources and Halal industry.

If however it was possible to have two of any one kind of fruit there would be 3 more combinations: one with two apples, one with two oranges, and one with two pears.

These effects have been used by Sepp Holzer for one to allow fruit trees to survive at otherwise inhospitable temperatures and altitudes.

In fact, his assumption of the office of Censor may have been motivated by a desire to see his academic labors bear fruit.

Some corporations and supermarkets have introduced self-checkout machines, where the customer is trusted to scan the barcodes ( or manually identify uncoded items like fruit ), and place the items into a bagging area.

Located in the hills between the Chianti Classico area and Arno valley, the wines of the Colli Fiorentini vary widely depending on producer, but tend to have a simple structure with strong character and fruit notes.

Cacti have a variety of uses: many species are used as ornamental plants, others are grown for fodder or forage, others for food ( particularly their fruit ).

Others have suggested the decline of the tree was exaggerated, or that other extinct animals may also have been distributing the seeds, such as tortoises, fruit bats or the Broad-billed Parrot.

The past five years have seen rapid growth in the contribution of Asian nations to the global fluid and powdered milk manufacturing industry, which in 2008 accounted for more than 30 % of production, while China alone accounts for more than 10 % of both production and consumption in the global fruit and vegetable processing and preserving industry.

There have been limited industrial applications of PEF processing for the pasteurization of fruit juices.

Foxes have been successfully employed to control pests on fruit farms while leaving the fruit intact.