Strawberry
Strawberry cultivars vary remarkably in size, colour, flavour, shape, degree of fertility, season of ripening, liability to disease and constitution of plant. Strawberry pigment extract can be used as a natural acid/base indicator due to the different colour of the conjugate acid and conjugate base of the pigment.
Strawberries
Strawberries are often grouped according to their flowering habit. Strawberries are a popular addition to dairy products, as in strawberry flavored ice cream, milkshakes, smoothies and yoghurts. Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring. Strawberries are a member of the rose family. Strawberries are low fat, low calorie; high in vitamin C, fiber, folic acid, potassium Strawberries, as part of a 5 a day fruit & vegetable program, can help reduce the risk of cancer & heart attacks.
Fruit
Technically it is not a fruit but a false fruit, meaning the fleshy part is derived not from the plant's ovaries (achenes) but from the peg at the bottom of the bowl-shaped hypanthium that holds the ovaries. The fruit should not be gathered until it is quite ripe, and then, if possible, it should be quite dry, but not heated by the sun. Seeds are acquired commercially or saved from fruit ripened early in the summer. The main points to be kept in view in forcing strawberries are:use strong stocky plants, the leaves of which have grown sturdily from being well exposed to light, andgrow them slowly until the fruit is set. When the fruit is set the heat may be gradually increased, till at the ripening period it stands at 18°C to 24°C by sun heat. While the fruit is swelling the plants should never be allowed to get dry, but when it begins to colour no more water should be given than is absolutely requisite to keep the leaves from flagging.
Price
A good place to get the the best price for Cameron Highlands strawberries.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Pineapple
Pineapple is also known as Pia, Nanas and Ananas. Pineapple is eaten fresh or canned and is available as a juice or in juice combinations. Pineapples are the only bromeliad fruit in widespread cultivation. Pineapple contains a proteolytic enzyme bromelain, which breaks down protein. Pineapple juice can thus be used as a marinade and tenderizer for meat. Pineapple is a good source of manganese (91 %DV in a 1 cup serving), as well as containing significant amounts of Vitamin C (94 %DV in a 1 cup serving) and Vitamin B1 (8 %DV in a 1 cup serving). Pineapples can ripen after harvest, but require certain temperatures for this process to occur. Pineapple Nutrition FactThe pineapple fruit has vitamins, minerals, fiber and enzymes that is good for the digestive system and helps in maintaining ideal weight and balanced nutrition. Pineapples are a good source of Vitamin C and can be eaten raw or used in cooking.
Fruit
The pineapple is an example of a multiple fruit: multiple, spirally-arranged flowers along the axis each produce a fleshy fruit that becomes pressed against the fruits of adjacent flowers, forming what appears to be a single fleshy fruit. It's used in desserts, salads, as a compliment to meat dishes and in fruit cocktail. Pineapples are the only bromeliad fruit in widespread cultivation. Pollination is required for seed formation; the presence of seeds negatively affects the quality of the fruit.
Cake
For everyone who loves the flavors of the Caribbean, this festive cake has it all. Two layers of coconut-flavored cake are filled with sweet pineapple curd and topped with creamy coconut frosting, chunks of fresh pineapple and toasted coconut. To prepare cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat two 9-inch cake pans with cooking spray. Sift cake flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium bowl. Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 26 to 30 minutes. To prepare frosting & assemble cake: Beat cream cheese, confectioners sugar, extract (or rum) and a pinch of salt in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Place one cake layer, top-side down, on a cake stand or plate.
Fruit
The pineapple is an example of a multiple fruit: multiple, spirally-arranged flowers along the axis each produce a fleshy fruit that becomes pressed against the fruits of adjacent flowers, forming what appears to be a single fleshy fruit. It's used in desserts, salads, as a compliment to meat dishes and in fruit cocktail. Pineapples are the only bromeliad fruit in widespread cultivation. Pollination is required for seed formation; the presence of seeds negatively affects the quality of the fruit.
Cake
For everyone who loves the flavors of the Caribbean, this festive cake has it all. Two layers of coconut-flavored cake are filled with sweet pineapple curd and topped with creamy coconut frosting, chunks of fresh pineapple and toasted coconut. To prepare cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat two 9-inch cake pans with cooking spray. Sift cake flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium bowl. Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 26 to 30 minutes. To prepare frosting & assemble cake: Beat cream cheese, confectioners sugar, extract (or rum) and a pinch of salt in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Place one cake layer, top-side down, on a cake stand or plate.
Mangosteen
Mangosteen produces a recalcitrant seed and must be kept moist to remain viable until germination. Mangosteen is typically advertised and marketed as part of an emerging category of novel functional foods sometimes called "superfruits"[6][7] presumed to have a combination of 1) appealing subjective characteristics, such as taste, fragrance and visual qualities, 2) nutrient richness, 3) antioxidant strength and 4) potential impact for lowering risk against human diseases. Mangosteen and its related products, such as juices and nutritional supplements, are legally imported into the United States which had an import ban until 2007.
Mangosteen juice also has a local reputation for producing stubborn stains on clothing that are near impossible to remove. Mangosteen juice: can it relieve arthritis pain. Mangosteens are usually eaten fresh as dessert. Mangosteen has a wide range of benefits, perhaps most result from its xanthone phytoceuticals/antioxidants. Mangosteen provides potent, antioxidant compounds called xanthones. Mangosteen seeds can be kept alive in moist peat moss for weeks and this is how they are usually shipped to distant locations. Mangosteen seeds can be kept alive in moist peat moss for weeks and this is how they are usually shipped to distant locations. Mangosteen trees are dioecious, meaning that there are male trees and female trees.
Xango
XanGo® is the first, the original mangosteen supplement, a true category creator. Xango
Mangosteen is the premier nutritional supplement. XanGo is taking the health food market by storm and is becoming the 'it' product for all nutritional supplements.
Health
Health care experts and herbalists are of the opinion that the Goji Berries of Himalayan origins have all the qualities of a truly balanced polysaccharide profile. Health practitioners from various fields are praising mangosteen.
Mangosteen juice also has a local reputation for producing stubborn stains on clothing that are near impossible to remove. Mangosteen juice: can it relieve arthritis pain. Mangosteens are usually eaten fresh as dessert. Mangosteen has a wide range of benefits, perhaps most result from its xanthone phytoceuticals/antioxidants. Mangosteen provides potent, antioxidant compounds called xanthones. Mangosteen seeds can be kept alive in moist peat moss for weeks and this is how they are usually shipped to distant locations. Mangosteen seeds can be kept alive in moist peat moss for weeks and this is how they are usually shipped to distant locations. Mangosteen trees are dioecious, meaning that there are male trees and female trees.
Xango
XanGo® is the first, the original mangosteen supplement, a true category creator. Xango
Mangosteen is the premier nutritional supplement. XanGo is taking the health food market by storm and is becoming the 'it' product for all nutritional supplements.
Health
Health care experts and herbalists are of the opinion that the Goji Berries of Himalayan origins have all the qualities of a truly balanced polysaccharide profile. Health practitioners from various fields are praising mangosteen.
Banana
Banana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce this commonly eaten fruit. Banana plants are of the family Musaceae. Bananas are a valuable source of vitamin B6, vitamin C, and potassium. Bananas may also be cut and dried and eaten as a type of chip. Bananas are classified either as dessert bananas (meaning they are yellow and fully ripe when eaten) or as green cooking bananas. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red. Bananas can be eaten raw though some varieties are generally cooked first. Banana sap is extremely sticky and can be used as a practical adhesive. Bananas have also been used in the making of jam. Banana fibre is also used in the production of banana paper.
Bananas
Bananas are among the most widely consumed foods in the world. Bananas are also humorously used as a phallic symbol due to similarities in size and shape. Bananas are a very important commodity for developing countries, with a clear dual nature which complicates the analysis. Bananas are suspected to be the first fruit in the earth by some horticulturists.
Plants
Plants grown in dry summer areas such asSouthern California need periodic deep waterings to help leach the soil ofsalts.
Leaves
The leaves of the banana plant are large, flexible, and waterproof.
Bananas
Bananas are among the most widely consumed foods in the world. Bananas are also humorously used as a phallic symbol due to similarities in size and shape. Bananas are a very important commodity for developing countries, with a clear dual nature which complicates the analysis. Bananas are suspected to be the first fruit in the earth by some horticulturists.
Plants
Plants grown in dry summer areas such asSouthern California need periodic deep waterings to help leach the soil ofsalts.
Leaves
The leaves of the banana plant are large, flexible, and waterproof.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Pears
Pears have been cultivated in China for approximately 3000 years. Pears are consumed fresh, canned, as juice, and dried. Pears will ripen faster if placed next to bananas in a fruit bowl. Pear juice is also known to be the first juice introduced to infants because of its hypoallergenic properties.
Pears can be useful in treating inflammation of mucous membranes, colitis, chronic gallbladder disorders, arthritis, and gout.
Fruit
A pear is an edible pomaceous fruit produced by a tree of genus Pyrus (pear tree). The fruit of the pear is produced on spurs, which appear on shoots more than one year old. The first gathering will come into eating latest, and thus the season of the fruit may be considerably prolonged. Pears grow in the sublime orchard of Alcinous, in Odyssey vii: "Therein grow trees, tall and luxuriant, pears and pomegranates and apple-trees with their bright fruit, and sweet figs, and luxuriant olives. Of these the fruit perishes not nor fails in winter or in summer, but lasts throughout the year. nivalis, and their fruit is chiefly used in France in the manufacture of perry (see also cider). Other small-fruited species are frequently used as rootstocks for the cultivated species. [3] Like that of the related apple, the pear fruit is a pome, in most wild species 1–4 cm diameter, but in some cultivated forms up to 18 cm long and 8 cm broad; the shape varies in most species from oblate or globose, to the classic pyriform 'pear-shape' of the European Pear with an elongated basal portion and a bulbous end.
Pears can be useful in treating inflammation of mucous membranes, colitis, chronic gallbladder disorders, arthritis, and gout.
Fruit
A pear is an edible pomaceous fruit produced by a tree of genus Pyrus (pear tree). The fruit of the pear is produced on spurs, which appear on shoots more than one year old. The first gathering will come into eating latest, and thus the season of the fruit may be considerably prolonged. Pears grow in the sublime orchard of Alcinous, in Odyssey vii: "Therein grow trees, tall and luxuriant, pears and pomegranates and apple-trees with their bright fruit, and sweet figs, and luxuriant olives. Of these the fruit perishes not nor fails in winter or in summer, but lasts throughout the year. nivalis, and their fruit is chiefly used in France in the manufacture of perry (see also cider). Other small-fruited species are frequently used as rootstocks for the cultivated species. [3] Like that of the related apple, the pear fruit is a pome, in most wild species 1–4 cm diameter, but in some cultivated forms up to 18 cm long and 8 cm broad; the shape varies in most species from oblate or globose, to the classic pyriform 'pear-shape' of the European Pear with an elongated basal portion and a bulbous end.
Papaya
Papaya is not teratogenic and will not cause miscarriage in small, ripe amounts. Papaya is frequently used for hair conditioner but should be used in small proportions. Papaya is believed to have originated from Mexico and it's neighboring Central American countries. Papayas are generally classified into Hawaiian or Mexican. Papaya Nutrition FactsPapaya is good for balanced nutrition.
Papaya also contains other vitamins and minerals like: Niacin, Foliate, Vitamin E, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, lipids and amino acids. Papaya also is known to have medicinal properties. Papayas make excellent container and greenhouse specimens where soil moistureand temperature can be moderated.
Papayas can be grownsuccessfully in shade, but the fruit is rarely sweet. Papayas do not tolerate salty water or soil. Papaya plants can also be grown from cuttings, which should be hardened offfor a few days and then propped up with the tip touching moist, fertile soiluntil roots form. Papaya plants should probably be replaced every 4 years or so. Papayas areoften sliced and eaten by themselves or served with a myriad of other foods. Papaya is native to tropical America, from Southern Mexico through theAndes of South America. Papayas are harvested when thefirst hint of yellow coloration appears. Papayas are extremely perishable;shelf life at room temperature ranges from 3 to 8 days, depending onstorage atmosphere.
Papaya grown in Hawaii is utilized largely for freshmarket (93%), withsmall amounts processed into juices and other processed foods. Papayas mature in 6 to 9 months from seed in the hotter areas of South Africa; in 9 to 11 months where it is cooler, providing an opportunity to supply markets in the off-season when prices are high.
Papaya plants require frequent fertilization for satisfactory production. Papayas are frequently blemished by a condition called "freckles", of unknown origin; and mysterious hard lumps of varying size and form may be found in ripe fruits. Papayas generally do poorly on land previously planted with papayas and this is usually the result of soil infestation by Pythium aphanidernwtum and Phytophthora palmivora.
Papaya juice and nectar may be prepared from peeled or unpeeled fruit and are sold fresh in bottles or canned. Papaya leaves contain the bitter alkaloids, carpaine and pseudocarpaine, which act on the heart and respiration like digitalis, but are destroyed by heat. Papaya is currently cultivated on 800 acres of land located mainly in St. Papaya's spread easily and have become naturalized in many areas.
Papaya also contains other vitamins and minerals like: Niacin, Foliate, Vitamin E, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, lipids and amino acids. Papaya also is known to have medicinal properties. Papayas make excellent container and greenhouse specimens where soil moistureand temperature can be moderated.
Papayas can be grownsuccessfully in shade, but the fruit is rarely sweet. Papayas do not tolerate salty water or soil. Papaya plants can also be grown from cuttings, which should be hardened offfor a few days and then propped up with the tip touching moist, fertile soiluntil roots form. Papaya plants should probably be replaced every 4 years or so. Papayas areoften sliced and eaten by themselves or served with a myriad of other foods. Papaya is native to tropical America, from Southern Mexico through theAndes of South America. Papayas are harvested when thefirst hint of yellow coloration appears. Papayas are extremely perishable;shelf life at room temperature ranges from 3 to 8 days, depending onstorage atmosphere.
Papaya grown in Hawaii is utilized largely for freshmarket (93%), withsmall amounts processed into juices and other processed foods. Papayas mature in 6 to 9 months from seed in the hotter areas of South Africa; in 9 to 11 months where it is cooler, providing an opportunity to supply markets in the off-season when prices are high.
Papaya plants require frequent fertilization for satisfactory production. Papayas are frequently blemished by a condition called "freckles", of unknown origin; and mysterious hard lumps of varying size and form may be found in ripe fruits. Papayas generally do poorly on land previously planted with papayas and this is usually the result of soil infestation by Pythium aphanidernwtum and Phytophthora palmivora.
Papaya juice and nectar may be prepared from peeled or unpeeled fruit and are sold fresh in bottles or canned. Papaya leaves contain the bitter alkaloids, carpaine and pseudocarpaine, which act on the heart and respiration like digitalis, but are destroyed by heat. Papaya is currently cultivated on 800 acres of land located mainly in St. Papaya's spread easily and have become naturalized in many areas.
Longan
Longan trees require sandy soil and temperatures that do not typically go below 4. Longan's are successfully grown from Central to South Florida, as well as Southern California. Longan's constitute a main ingredient in a variety of desserts and can made into a liqueur.
Longan is a prolific bearer and thrives in monsoonal regions with pronouncedrainyand dry seasons. Longans are best marketed on the fruitstalk, or they should atleastretain a short piece of stem. Longan is consumed throughout Asia and is a major crop in Thailand.
Longan fruit contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium, and large amounts of vitamins A and C. Longans have less finicky fruiting habits than lychee. Longan is a handsome evergreen tree which can reach up to 100 ft. Longan are very popular in Asia where they are usually eaten raw or poached. Longan is a subtropical tree well adapted to tropical climates with distinctive wet/dry periods and subtropical areas with a cool, nonfreezing fall/winter period.
Longans produce more reliably in areas characterized by low non-freezing temperatures (59°F; 15°C or less) and a dry period during the fall and winter (October-February). Longan is tolerant of dry soil conditions. Longan is not tolerant of excessively wet or flooded soil conditions When ambient temperatures are high, young trees may decline and die with as little as 5 to 10 days of flooding or constantly wet soil conditions. Longan trees are tolerant of windy conditions and young trees can generally be established on windy sites.
Longan is not tolerant of saline soil and water conditions. Longan may be grown from seed, however, cultivars do not come true from seed, may be slow to bear, and the fruit of inferior quality. Longans grow fairly fast and at maturity, are large trees.
Longan is a prolific bearer and thrives in monsoonal regions with pronouncedrainyand dry seasons. Longans are best marketed on the fruitstalk, or they should atleastretain a short piece of stem. Longan is consumed throughout Asia and is a major crop in Thailand.
Longan fruit contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium, and large amounts of vitamins A and C. Longans have less finicky fruiting habits than lychee. Longan is a handsome evergreen tree which can reach up to 100 ft. Longan are very popular in Asia where they are usually eaten raw or poached. Longan is a subtropical tree well adapted to tropical climates with distinctive wet/dry periods and subtropical areas with a cool, nonfreezing fall/winter period.
Longans produce more reliably in areas characterized by low non-freezing temperatures (59°F; 15°C or less) and a dry period during the fall and winter (October-February). Longan is tolerant of dry soil conditions. Longan is not tolerant of excessively wet or flooded soil conditions When ambient temperatures are high, young trees may decline and die with as little as 5 to 10 days of flooding or constantly wet soil conditions. Longan trees are tolerant of windy conditions and young trees can generally be established on windy sites.
Longan is not tolerant of saline soil and water conditions. Longan may be grown from seed, however, cultivars do not come true from seed, may be slow to bear, and the fruit of inferior quality. Longans grow fairly fast and at maturity, are large trees.
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