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  2. Watermelon - Wikipedia

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    Watermelon is a sweet, commonly consumed fruit of summer, usually as fresh slices, diced in mixed fruit salads, or as juice. [53] [54] Watermelon juice can be blended with other fruit juices or made into wine. [55] The seeds have a nutty flavor and can be dried and roasted, or ground into flour. [9]

  3. Chen Wen-yu - Wikipedia

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    Chen Wen-yu (Chinese: 陳文郁; 20 November 1925 – 7 December 2012) was a Taiwanese botanist, horticulturist and an inventor in agriculture science.He bred new strains and varieties of plants, including fruits, flowers, and vegetables over his 70-year-long career.

  4. List of food origins - Wikipedia

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    Helmeted guinea fowl in tall grass. Many foods were originally domesticated in West Africa, including grains like African rice, Pearl Millet, Sorghum, and Fonio; tree crops like Kola nut, used in Coca-Cola, and Oil Palm; and other globally important plant foods such as Watermelon, Tamarind, Okra, Black-eye peas, and Yams. [2]

  5. Everything You Need to Know About Yellow Watermelon - AOL

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    The first watermelons weren't sweet and some were grown for their seeds, which is the opposite of the sweet, mostly seedless fruit we have today. Today's watermelon is the product of years and ...

  6. 10 Fun Facts for National Watermelon Day—Plus, the Watermelon ...

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    On August 3, 2024, grab a sweet slice and celebrate! For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  7. Timeline of food - Wikipedia

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    1607: hominy first introduced to European explorers by Native Americans in Jamestown, Virginia [73] 1609: A trial planting in Virginia is the first cultivation of Rice in the United States. [25] 1625: Watermelons are widespread in Europe, as a minor garden crop. [33] 1629: First introduction of watermelons in North America, in Massachusetts. [33]

  8. List of countries by fruit production - Wikipedia

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    Rank Country/Region Fruit production (tonnes) 1 People's Republic of China 242,793,824 2 India 105,971,127 3 Brazil 39,758,842 4 Turkey 24,153,128 5 Mexico 23,837,562

  9. Vavilov center - Wikipedia

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    A Vavilov Center (of Diversity) is a region of the world first indicated by Nikolai Vavilov to be an original center for the domestication of plants. [3] For crop plants, Nikolai Vavilov identified differing numbers of centers: three in 1924, five in 1926, six in 1929, seven in 1931, eight in 1935 and reduced to seven again in 1940.