Pears are picked unripe and left to ripe in a cool, dry, dark place.

Sugar Snap Peas are a combination of English Peas and Sno Peas.

Paprika has been traditionally associated with Hungary, where much of the best paprika is produced today.

The word orange comes from the Sanskrit word naranga.

Americans consumed 18.6 pounds of onions per person in 1998.

The onion is part of the lily family.

A nectarine is really just a variety of peach without the fuzz.

Early American colonists made gray paint by boiling blueberries in milk.

“There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.” - Erma Bombeck

The Satsuma Mandarin orange is believed to have originated in Japan in the mid-sixth century.