Interesting Facts about Fruits

Do you know that the orange, the lemon and the peach originated in China? They came from China first. They are from that country.

Do you know that the apple-tree is one of the oldest fruit-trees? It is very old. It is more than four thousand years old. That is a long time.

Do you know that there are more than five thousand different kinds of pear? There are many kinds. They are all different.

Do you know that the grape is one of the oldest plants? People had grapes long, long ago.

Do you know that the orange tree is twenty feet high? It is a tall tree. And it gives from 3 to 4 hundred oranges a year. That is many oranges. The orange tree lives about a hundred years. The older trees give better fruit. Their fruit is better than the fruit from younger trees.

Do you know that the banana plant grows only where there is plenty of heat and rain? It needs hot weather. It needs much rain. Banana plants grow high. Some of them are thirty feet high. They have leaves. The leaves are often ten feet long. They are very long leaves.

Bananas have many uses. People use them for many things. The ripe fruit is very nice food. It is good to eat. A very good flour is made from dry bananas. People make this flour and use it.