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APPLES
Scientists have identified about 7,500 different kinds of apples around the world. An apple is more than 80% water. They also contain a lot of air; that’s why fresh apples float.

ASPARAGUS
The word “asparagus” comes from the Greek for sprout or shoot. It is part of the lily family and is related to garlic, onions and leeks.

BLACKBERRIES
Wild blackberries are members of the rose family. Each blackberry is actually a cluster of tiny fruits, or druplets, each of which contains a seed.

BLUEBERRIES
Choose deeply colored blueberries with a natural powdery bloom for the best flavor. American colonists made gray paint out of blueberry skins boiled with milk.

BROCCOLI
Broccoli is a member of the mustard family. Cooked broccoli is even better for you than raw because lightly steaming or stir-frying helps to release its beneficial compounds.

CABBAGE
Cabbage (along with broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, rutabagas, and turnips) is members of the cabbage or cruciferous family, a group of vegetables named for their cross-shaped flowers.

CANTALOUPE
Cantaloupes got their name from the Italian village of Cantalup where they were first cultivated around 1700. However, what Americans call a cantaloupe is actually a muskmelon.

CUCUMBERS
The phrase "cool as a cucumber" is not just a lot of hot air. Because of a cucumber’s high water content, its inside temperature can be up to 20 degrees cooler than the outside air.

GREEN BEANS
Green beans are sometimes called snap beans because of the noise made when you snap off the ends to remove the stem and the fibrous string that runs along the side of the bean. Another nickname is string beans.

GREEN PEPPERS
All sweet bell peppers start out green and change to their ultimate color as they ripen. Depending on the variety and stage of ripeness, colors of sweet bell peppers can range from green, orange, yellow and red, to ivory, brown, purple, or even black.

PEACHES
Peaches are actually members of the rose family. They were originally cultivated in China and revered as a symbol of longevity. They are sometimes called the Persian apple because they came to Europe, and eventually to the New World, via Persia.

POTATOES
The average American eats 140 pounds of potatoes each year, including over 50 pounds of French fries. Germans eat twice as many potatoes as Americans.

RASPBERRIES
Members of the rose family, raspberries are typically red-pink in color, but actually come in a range of colors including black, purple, orange, yellow and white.

STRAWBERRIES
Every strawberry has 200 tiny seeds.

SWEET CORN
Corn silk is the thread that extends from each kernel out of the husk at the end of the ear. Each silk needs to be pollinated to produce a kernel of corn.

TOMATOES
Although tomatoes are actually fruits, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that they should be classified as vegetables as part of a decision in a tariff dispute.