GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Smell, Zucchini, Johnny Chapman
22 Nov 2017
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Fruit is a source of sugar, a source of sweetness. A sapling that is dropped by a bird is called a kapling. There is a difference between fruits that grow from different temperature regimes, in terms of the sugar and sweetness. Fruits that grow in europe, north america, and australia, where temperatures are moderate tend to contain 10-15% sugar by weight: grapes contain more than 15% of sugar. Tropical fruits are generally sweeter than fruits from temperate regions. Till 2005, the state fruit of oklahoma was a strawberry. Fruit is found everywhere in the world, different elevations, different micro climates: the equatorial regions produces the greatest amount of fruits, nutmeg, paprika etc. come from fruit. The fruit depends on the part of the plant from where it originates. Nobody knows the precise amount of how many fruits exist. Humans have sampled maybe 20% of all the fruits on the planet.
