"Saladitos Saladitos are plums which are dried, salted and which can also be sweetened with sugar and anise or coated in chili and lime. A common misconception is that saladitos and chamoy are the same thing; saladitos are made from dried plums whereas chamoy are made from dried apricots. Saladitos are considered a candy in Mexico, though they originate from China. In Mandarin, the name for saladitos is ""Suan-Mei,"" literally ""sour plum."" A common method of eating saladitos is to stuff a few of them into an orange or lemon and then suck the salted juice out, while allowing the"
"it is native, and whence it was brought to Europe ...""). An archaeological excavation at Garni in Armenia found apricot seeds in a Chalcolithic-era site. Despite the great number of varieties of apricots that are grown in Armenia today (about 50), according to the Soviet botanist Nikolai Vavilov, its center of origin would be the Chinese region, where the domestication of the apricot would have taken place. Other sources say that the apricot was first cultivated in India in about 3000 BC. Its introduction to Greece is attributed to Alexander the Great. Subsequent sources were often confused about the origin"
"in India in about 3000 BC. Its introduction to Greece is attributed to Alexander the Great; later, the Roman General Lucullus (106–57 B.C.) also would have imported some trees – the cherry, white heart cherry, and apricot – from Armenia to Rome. Subsequent sources were often confused about the origin of the species. Loudon (1838) believed it had a wide native range including Armenia, Caucasus, the Himalaya, China, and Japan. Apricots have been cultivated in Persia since antiquity, and dried ones were an important commodity on Persian trade routes. More recently, English settlers brought the apricot to the English colonies"
"son nom de l'Arménie, province d'Asie, d'où il est originaire et d'où il fut porté en Europe ..."""" (""this tree takes its name from Armenia, province of Asia, where it is native, and whence it was brought to Europe ...""). An archaeological excavation at Garni in Armenia found apricot seeds in an Eneolithic-era site. Despite the great number of varieties of apricots that are grown in Armenia today (about 50), according to Vavilov its center of origin would be the Chinese region, where the domestication of apricot would have taken place. Other sources say that the apricot was first cultivated"
"Of these most sources agree that its origin was Admiral Lord Anson's estate Moor Park in Hertfordshire, England where he introduced the apricot in 1688. It is mainly believed that the town of Moorpark is named after the Moorpark apricot, which used to grow in the area. One other theory of the name is that when the Southern Pacific Railroad was surveying the local land in the 19th century for its railway, someone in the party said that the area, with its sloping hills, looked like the Scottish Moors. Hence the name Moorpark. Chumash people were the first to inhabit"
"first appeared in English in the 16th century as ""abrecock"" from the Middle French ""aubercot"" or later ""abricot"", from Spanish ""albaricoque"" and Catalan ""a(l)bercoc"", in turn from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق‎ (al-barqūq, ""the plums""), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκίᾱ (berikokkíā, ""apricot tree""), derived from late Greek ""πραικόκιον"" (""praikókion"", ""apricot"") from Latin ""[persica] praecocia"" (""praecoquus"", ""early ripening"" [peach]). The apricot is a small tree, tall, with a trunk up to in diameter and a dense, spreading canopy. The leaves are ovate, long and wide, with a rounded base, a pointed tip and a finely serrated margin. The flowers are in diameter, with five white"
"in the New World. Most of modern American production of apricots comes from the seedlings carried to the west coast by Spanish missionaries. Today, apricot cultivation has spread to all parts of the globe with climates that support its growth needs. Seeds or kernels of the apricot grown in central Asia and around the Mediterranean are so sweet, they may be substituted for almonds. The Italian liqueur amaretto and amaretti biscotti are flavoured with extract of apricot kernels rather than almonds. Oil pressed from these cultivar kernels, and known as oil of almond, has been used as cooking oil. Kernels"
"of the species. John Claudius Loudon (1838) believed it had a wide native range including Armenia, the Caucasus, the Himalayas, China, and Japan. Apricots have been cultivated in Persia since antiquity, and dried ones were an important commodity on Persian trade routes. Apricots remain an important fruit in modern-day Iran. Egyptians usually dry apricots, add sweetener, and then use them to make a drink called ""amar al-dīn"". In England during the 17th century, apricot oil was used in herbalism treatments intended to act against tumors, swelling, and ulcers. In the 17th century, English settlers brought the apricot to the English"
"smooth texture except for three ridges running down one side. The origin of the apricot is disputed and unsettled. It was known in Armenia during ancient times, and has been cultivated there for so long that it is often thought to have originated there. Its scientific name ""Prunus armeniaca"" (Armenian plum) derives from that assumption. For example, the Belgian arborist baron de Poerderlé, writing in the 1770s, asserted, """"Cet arbre tire son nom de l'Arménie, province d'Asie, d'où il est originaire et d'où il fut porté en Europe ..."""" (""this tree takes its name from Armenia, province of Asia, where"
"comes from earlier """"abrecock"""" in turn from the Middle French ""abricot"", from Catalan ""abercoc"". Both the Catalan and the Spanish ""albaricoque"" were adaptations of the Arabic, dating from the Moorish rule of Spain. However, in Argentina the word for ""apricot"" is ""damasco"", which could indicate that, to the Spanish settlers of Argentina, the fruit was associated with Damascus in Syria. The word ""damasco"" is also the word for ""apricot"" in Portuguese (both European and Brazilian, though in Portugal the word ""alperce"" is also used). The Chinese associate the apricot with education and medicine. For instance, the classical word 杏壇 (literally:"
"to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, world production of apricots in 2014 was 3.4 million tonnes, led by Uzbekistan with 16% (unofficial data) of the world total (table). Other top producers were Turkey, Iran, and Italy. In a 100-gram amount, raw apricots supply 48 Calories and are composed of 11% carbohydrates, 1% protein, less than 1% fat and 86% water (table). Raw apricots are a moderate source of vitamin A and vitamin C (12% of the Daily Value each). Dried apricots are a type of traditional dried fruit. The world's largest producer of dried apricots is Turkey. When treated"
"to other ""Prunus"" species are not yet clear, as an initial molecular phylogeny found that various DNA sequences gave ambiguous indications, and it did not appear to belong in a clade with ""Prunus armeniaca"". Prunus brigantina Prunus brigantina, called Briançon apricot, marmot plum, and alpine apricot, is a wild tree species native to France and Italy. It is the only apricot-like ""Prunus"" species native to Europe. The fruit is similar to the commercial apricot ""Prunus armeniaca"", and is edible. An edible oil produced from the seed, 'huile des marmottes', is used in France. Unlike the other closely related species known"
"Prunus brigantina Prunus brigantina, called Briançon apricot, marmot plum, and alpine apricot, is a wild tree species native to France and Italy. It is the only apricot-like ""Prunus"" species native to Europe. The fruit is similar to the commercial apricot ""Prunus armeniaca"", and is edible. An edible oil produced from the seed, 'huile des marmottes', is used in France. Unlike the other closely related species known as apricots, the fruit is smooth rather than hairy. ""Prunus brigantina"" is considered a member of the apricot group, along with ""P. armeniaca"", ""P. mandshurica"", ""P. mume"", and ""P. sibirica"", but its genetic relationships"
"colonies in the New World. Most of modern American production of apricots comes from the seedlings carried to the west coast by Spanish missionaries. Almost all U.S. commercial production is in California, with some in Washington and Utah. Apricots have a chilling requirement of 300 to 900 chilling units. A dry climate is good for fruit maturation. The tree is slightly more cold-hardy than the peach, tolerating winter temperatures as cold as or lower if healthy. They are hardy in USDA zones 5 through 8. A limiting factor in apricot culture is spring frosts: They tend to flower very early"
"Apricot An apricot is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus ""Prunus"" (stone fruits). Usually, an apricot tree is from the species ""P. armeniaca"", but the species ""P. brigantina"", ""P. mandshurica"", ""P. mume"", ""P. zhengheensis"" and ""P. sibirica"" are closely related, have similar fruit, and are also called apricots. The scientific name ""armeniaca"" was first used by Gaspard Bauhin in his ""Pinax Theatri Botanici"" (1623), referring to the species as ""Mala armeniaca"" ""Armenian apple"". Linnaeus took up Bauhin's epithet in the first edition of his ""Species Plantarum"" in 1753, ""Prunus armeniaca"". ""Apricot"""
"was first grown. The Turkish idiom ""bundan iyisi Şam'da kayısı"" (literally, ""the only thing better than this is an apricot in Damascus"") means ""it doesn't get any better than this"". In the US Marines it is considered exceptionally bad luck to eat or possess apricots, especially near tanks. This superstition has been documented since at least the Vietnam War and is often cited as originating in World War II. Even naming them is considered unlucky, so they are instead called ""cots"", ""Forbidden fruit"" or ""A-fruit"". Apricot An apricot is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several"
"carrot or the closely related parsnip. The plant is depicted and described in the Eastern Roman Juliana Anicia Codex, a 6th-century AD Constantinopolitan copy of the Greek physician Dioscorides' 1st-century pharmacopoeia of herbs and medicines, De Materia Medica. Three different types of carrots are depicted, and the text states that ""the root can be cooked and eaten"". The plant was introduced into Spain by the Moors in the 8th century. In the 10th century, roots from West Asia, India and Europe were purple. The modern carrot originated in Afghanistan at about this time. The 11th-century Jewish scholar Simeon Seth describes"
"orange. The flavour is a mixture of peach, citrus and mild mango. The loquat is originally from China (the Chinese name is ""pipa"", cognate with the ""pipa"" instrument) where related species can be found growing in the wild. It was introduced into Japan and became naturalised there in very early times; it has been cultivated there for over 1,000 years. It has also become naturalised in Georgia, Armenia, Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Chile, Kenya, India, Iran, Iraq, South Africa, the whole Mediterranean Basin, Pakistan, New Zealand, Réunion, Tonga, Central America, Mexico, South America and in warmer parts of the United"
"possibly originated in the Tehuacan Valley in the state of Puebla, Mexico, although fossil evidence suggests similar species were much more widespread millions of years ago. However, there is evidence for three possible separate domestications of the avocado, resulting in the currently recognized Mexican (""aoacatl""), Guatemalan (""quilaoacatl""), and West Indian (""tlacacolaocatl"") landraces. The Mexican and Guatemalan landraces originated in the highlands of those countries, while the West Indian landrace is a lowland variety that ranges from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador to Peru, achieving a wide range through human agency before the arrival of the Europeans. The three separate landraces"
"20th century, they were ubiquitous in the Ottoman, Persian, and Russian Empires. In more recent times, California was the largest producer, before being overtaken by Turkey, where about 95% of the production is provided by the Malatya Province. Small apricots are normally dried whole. Larger varieties are dried in halves, without the kernel or stone. In the former Soviet Union, the former are known as ""uryuk"" (урюк), used primarily for making kompots, and the latter as ""kuraga"" (курага). Mediterranean or Turkish varieties of dried apricots are typically dried whole and then pitted; whereas California varieties are halved and pitted before"
"Avocado The avocado (""Persea americana"") is a tree, long thought to have originated in South Central Mexico, classified as a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae. The fruit of the plant, also called an avocado (or avocado pear or alligator pear), is botanically a large berry containing a single large seed. Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and Mediterranean climates throughout the world. They have a green-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. Commercially, they ripen after harvesting. Avocado trees are partially self-pollinating and are often propagated through grafting to maintain a predictable"
"both red and yellow carrots, as does the 12th-century Arab-Andalusian agriculturist, Ibn al-'Awwam. Cultivated carrots appeared in China in the 14th century, and in Japan in the 18th century. There are many claims that Dutch growers created orange carrots in the 17th century to honor the Dutch flag at the time. Other authorities argue these claims lack convincing evidence. Modern carrots were described at about this time by the English antiquary John Aubrey (1626–1697): ""Carrots were first sown at Beckington in Somersetshire. Some very old Man there [in 1668] did remember their first bringing hither."" European settlers introduced the carrot"
"help them see better at night and in 1942 there was a 100,000 ton surplus of carrots from the extra production. Carrot The carrot (""Daucus carota"" subsp. ""sativus"") is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, ""Daucus carota"", native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are eaten as well. The domestic carrot"
"America, but is confined through the west African tropics. Citrus fruits are of the most valued fruits in tropical Asia. More than 55 million tons are sold annually, including oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, tangerines, and more. The largest citrus is the pummelo. The scented flower buds of cloves come from a tropical evergreen tree native to Zanzibar, Madagascar, and Indonesia. Coconuts are originally native to the Indo-Pacific area and are around every tropical area except rainforests. They can be used for oil, fruit, and fibers. Coffee, probably native to North East Africa, is grown throughout the tropics. In addition, grown"
"The earliest historical reference to kumquats appears in literature of China from the 12th century. They have long been cultivated in India, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and southeast Asia. They were introduced to Europe in 1846 by Robert Fortune, collector for the London Horticultural Society, and shortly thereafter were brought to North America. They are slow-growing evergreen shrubs or short trees that stand tall, with dense branches, sometimes bearing small thorns. The leaves are dark glossy green, and the flowers are white, similar to other citrus flowers, and can be borne singly or clustered within the leaf-axils. Depending on size,"
"century, and Israel in 1908. In the United States, the avocado was introduced to Florida and Hawaii in 1833 and in California in 1856. Before 1915, the avocado was commonly referred to in California as ""ahuacate"" and in Florida as ""alligator pear"". In 1915, the California Avocado Association introduced the then-innovative term ""avocado"" to refer to the plant. The word ""avocado"" comes from the Spanish ""aguacate"", which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word ""āhuacatl"" , which goes back to the proto-Aztecan ""*pa:wa"" which also meant ""avocado"". Sometimes the Nahuatl word was used with the meaning ""testicle"", probably because of"
"lands, including Cilicia. The apricot was known by the Romans as the ""prunus armenicus"" (the Armenian plum) and was brought to Europe from the Armenian plateau. Armenian Highlands The Armenian Highlands (; also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland, or simply Armenia) is the central-most and highest of three land-locked plateaus that together form the northern sector of the Middle East. To its west is the Anatolian plateau which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian Highlands to the east of Cappadocia. To its southeast is the Iranian plateau,"
"in a hard, stony shell, often called a ""stone"", with a grainy, smooth texture except for three ridges running down one side. The origin of the species is disputed. It was known in Armenia during ancient times, and has been cultivated there for so long, it is often thought to have originated there. Seeds of the apricot have been discovered during archaeological excavations of the Garni Temple and Shengavit settlement, having a history of 6000 years. Its scientific name ""Prunus armeniaca"" (Armenian plum) derives from that assumption. For example, De Poerderlé, writing in the 18th century, asserted, """"Cet arbre tire"
"Pluot Pluots, apriums, apriplums, or plumcots, are some of the hybrids between different ""Prunus"" species that are also called interspecific plums. Whereas plumcots and apriplums are first-generation hybrids between a plum parent (""P. salicina"" or ""P. cerasifera"" or their hybrids), and an apricot (""P. armeniaca""), pluots and apriums are later-generations. Both names ""plumcot"" and ""apriplum"" have been used for trees derived from a plum seed parent, and are therefore equivalent. Natural plumcots/apriplums have been known for hundreds of years from regions of the world that grow both plums and apricots from seed. The name ""plumcot"" was created by Luther Burbank."
"an improved cultivated variety: The Dutch introduced artichokes to England, where they grew in Henry VIII's garden at Newhall in 1530. They were taken to the United States in the 19th century—to Louisiana by French immigrants and to California by Spanish immigrants. Today, cultivation of the globe artichoke is concentrated in the countries bordering the Mediterranean basin. The main European producers are Italy, Spain, and France and the main American producers are Argentina, Peru and the United States. In the United States, California provides nearly 100% of the U.S. crop, and about 80% of that is grown in Monterey County;"
"other Central American and Caribbean Spanish-speaking countries, it is known by the Mexican name, while South American Spanish-speaking countries use a Quechua-derived word, ""palta"". In Portuguese, it is ""abacate"". The fruit is sometimes called an avocado pear or alligator pear (due to its shape and the rough green skin of some cultivars). The Nahuatl ""ahuacatl"" can be compounded with other words, as in ""ahuacamolli"", meaning avocado soup or sauce, from which the Spanish word ""guacamole"" derives. In the United Kingdom, the term ""avocado pear"" is still sometimes misused as applied when avocados first became commonly available in the 1960s. Originating"
"Artichoke production in Italy Artichoke production in Italy has a long history. Italy is the world's largest producer of artichokes. With Spain and France, the three countries produce more than 80% of the world's artichokes. There are two theories as to its origin: artichokes may have come from the Levant, derived from the cardoon or thistle through a cross-fertilization process, while others attribute it to the work of Italian horticulturists. The first record of artichoke cultivation in Italy was during the fifteenth century in Naples, where it was considered a new food species. In 1466, Filippo Strozzi brought the first"
"late 16th century and into California by Spanish settlers in 1769. Today, it is widely cultivated throughout the Middle East and Caucasus region, north and tropical Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, the drier parts of southeast Asia, and parts of the Mediterranean Basin. It is also cultivated in parts of Arizona and California. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has become more common in the shops and markets of Europe and the Western Hemisphere. The name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin ""pōmum"" ""apple"" and ""grānātum"" ""seeded"". Possibly stemming from the old French word for the fruit, ""pomme-grenade"", the pomegranate"