Pear Fruit

Pears are botanically classified as a fruit, but are treated as a vegetable in culinary contexts, such as in salads or chutneys. elaborate

Honeydew Melon Fruit

Honeydew melons aren't actually honey-sweetened; their name comes from their honey-like color and aroma. elaborate

Orange Fruit

Oranges are botanically a berry. elaborate

Avocado Fruit

Avocados don't ripen on the tree; they ripen only after they're picked. elaborate

Cherry Fruit

Cherry pits contain cyanide, though you'd have to eat a lot to experience any ill effects. elaborate

Raspberry Fruit

Raspberries are aggregate fruits, meaning they're formed from many tiny individual fruits clustered together on a single receptacle. elaborate

Banana Fruit

Bananas are berries. elaborate

Mango Fruit

Mangoes are a drupe, meaning they have a hard shell surrounding a single seed. elaborate

Apricot Fruit

Apricot kernels contain amygdalin, a compound that releases cyanide when digested, making them toxic if consumed in large quantities. elaborate

Grapes Fruit

A single grape can contain up to 2.5 times its weight in water. elaborate

Blueberry Fruit

Blueberries are not actually blue; their color comes from a pigment called anthocyanin, which is also responsible for the red and purple colors in many other fruits and vegetables. elaborate

Blackberry Fruit

BlackBerry's keyboard was initially designed to be used with a stylus, not fingers. elaborate

Watermelon Fruit

Watermelons are part of the same family as cucumbers and pumpkins. elaborate

Strawberry Fruit

A single strawberry can contain over 200 seeds. elaborate

Plum Fruit

Plums are drupes, meaning they have a single hard stone containing a seed surrounded by fleshy fruit. elaborate

Lemon Fruit

Lemon juice is sometimes used to clean copper because of its acidity. elaborate

Cranberry Fruit

Cranberries can bounce! Their air-filled pockets allow them to bounce when dropped on a hard surface. elaborate

Peach Fruit

In the original *Super Mario Bros.* game, Peach is referred to as the "Princess Toadstool". elaborate

Fig Fruit

Fig trees were some of the first trees to be cultivated by humans. elaborate

Pineapple Fruit

Pineapples are a collective fruit, meaning they're formed from many individual flowers fused together. elaborate

Apple Fruit

Apple's original logo featured Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. elaborate

Pomology Fruit

Pomology is the branch of botany that studies fruit. A fun fact is that many of the fruits we eat today are the result of centuries of selective breeding and hybridization by pomologists. elaborate

Cantaloupe Fruit

Cantaloupe's scientific name, *Cucumis melo*, is the same as that of cucumbers, though they're different cultivars within the same species. elaborate

Lime Fruit

Limes were likely first cultivated in Southeast Asia. elaborate

Pomegranate Fruit

A single pomegranate can contain over 600 seeds. elaborate