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A rejuvenated Mother Tree in June 2012.
Oroville, California

Mother Orange Tree

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.
Casa de Azucar in El Paso, Texas.
El Paso, Texas

Casa de Azucar

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
The Big Pineapple.
Bathurst, South Africa

The Big Pineapple

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.
New tea plants in the greenhouse.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina

Charleston Tea Garden

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
Yellow citrons.
ancient

In Ancient Rome, Citrus Fruits Were Status Symbols

A new study shows how the taste for citrons, lemons, and pomelos evolved.
Natasha Frost July 25, 2017
The Kampong, Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida

The Kampong

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.
Casa Popeno's main garden
Antigua, Guatemala

Casa Popenoe

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.
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Close up of statue
Ridgefield, Connecticut

Watermelons on a Greek Statue

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.
Workers pick lemons in a grove in Palermo in 1906.
crime

Can We Blame the Mafia on Lemons?

Economists and historians are connecting the early rise of organized crime with Sicily's citrus trade.
Cara Giaimo June 7, 2017
The plaque was presented by California Avocado Society in 1946.
Antigua, Guatemala

California Avocado Plaque

Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.
Bananarama.
markets

Downtown Seattle's Banana Market Has Crashed. Thanks, Amazon

Turns out there's no money in the banana stands.
Kelsey Kennedy May 23, 2017
Riding on horseback through wild apple groves outside Almaty.
Almaty, Kazakhstan

The Last Wild Apple Forests

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.
West Side Market
Cleveland, Ohio

West Side Market

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.
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Slicing up the durian.
New York, New York

Durian NYC

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."
A peeled prawn from the artist Yoshihiro Okada.
art

Raising Orange Peels to an Art Form, One Fruit at a Time

The artist Yoshihiro Okada uses only whole, unbroken peels.
Sarah Laskow April 11, 2017
A fossil groundcherry, Physalis infinemundi.
food

Found: An Ancient Groundcherry That Proves Nightshades Are Older Than We Think

The family of tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers could be millions of years older than anyone realized.
Sarah Laskow January 5, 2017
farms

Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Blueberries?

The blueberry industry has gotten so big there's now a glut.
Sarah Laskow September 30, 2016
food

The Rise and Fall of Fruitopia, the Trippiest Beverage of the '90s

Wherefore art thou, Strawberry Passion Awareness?
Cara Giaimo September 12, 2016