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Interesting Facts about Fruit and Nut Trees
Apple tree, Malus domestica, is the most common and recognizable fruit-bearing tree. Worldwide, 7500 varieties of apples are grown. Api or Christmas Apple is one of the oldest varieties in existence. Humans have been enjoying apples since at least 6500 B.C.
Baobab, Adansonia digitata, is the largest succulent fruit tree in the world.
Coco de mer, Lodoicea maldivica, is the world’s largest seed. "A single seed may be 30cm long, 90cm in circumference and weigh 20kg". The Coco de Mer fruit is a drupe.
Coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, botanically speaking is not a tree, since there is no bark, no branches, or secondary growth. A coconut palm is a woody perennial monocotyledon with the trunk being the stem. Additionally, the coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe not a nut.
Jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus, produces the largest tree-borne fruit. It reaches as much as 36 kg in weight and up to 90 cm long and 50 cm in diameter.
Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo biloba, is the most cold hardy nut tree. -50 °C (-58 °F). It is known as a 'living fossil', since it is the sole survivor of an ancient group of trees that date back to beyond the time of the dinosaurs.
Peach, Prunus persica, was once known as the Persian apple.
Satsuma Citrus reticulate, is the list cold hardy citrus tree. -10°C (14 °F).
Trifoliate orange, Poncirus trifoliata, is the coldest hardy citrus tree. -30 °C (-22 °F).
Fruit Trees Nut Trees
Fruit and nut trees are special and unlike vegetables they will produce for a lot of years with a better return on effort than anything else in the garden.
In addition to fruit and nut production these trees can be value for shade, timber and as a support for climbing plants. Their crops are good sources of vitamins, minerals, fats and protein and make perfect snacks for kids.
While the planting location of a tree is highly important for a successful production of fruit and nuts, when selecting a fruit tree or a nut tree from your local nursery, some additional factors you should consider are:
* tree shape and size
* taste, texture and use of fruit
* time of harvest season
* disease and pest resistance.
Multi-Grafted trees are an alternative for small gardens where space is limited and several types of fruit are desired.

Lingonberry – Vaccinum vitis idaea

Posted on September 14th, 2009 in Fruit Bearing Plants

Lingonberry, vaccinium vitis idaea, also called cowberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry and mountain bilberry. Lingonberry is a small evergreen shrub, a member of the flowering plant family Ericaceae the genus Vaccinium that bears edible fruit.

Both kinds of lingonberry are commonly semi-woody, 10-40 cm in height. They favor some shade and a perpetually moist, acidic soil. Nutrient-poor soils and intense low temperatures, -40 °C or lower, are tolerated but not basic soils and will grow poorly where summertimes are hot. Longonberry holds its leaves all winter even in the most ice-cold years. The bell-shaped, white flowers are produced the early summertime.

Lingonberry is rarely cultivated, but the fruit berries are commonly gathered in the wild. The native habitat is the woods of northern Eurasia and North America. There are two very similar forms of this fruit bearing plant; Vaccinium vitis idaea var. vitis-idaea L., (Eurasia) and Vaccinium vitis idaea var. minus Lodd, (North America). Although the plant is partially self-fertile, cross-pollination by insects, especially bumblebees, results in an increase of fruit set from 30 to 60%.

Lingonberry Fruit

The Lingonberry fruit, in reality a false berry, is red, pear-shaped, acidic, ripening in late summer to autumn, picked up in the wild and very popular in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. Lingonberries are just about always cooked and sweetened prior to eating in the form of lingonberry jam, fruit compote, juice, syrup and integrated in baked goods.

Lingonberries contain ample vitamin C, (ascorbic acid), B vitamins (B1, B2, and B3), provitamin A and the all crucial minerals potassium, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus. In addition lingonberries also contain phytochemicals that are considered to counteract urinary-tract infections, and the seeds are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids. The fruit are juicy, tart, lemony and bright red.

Lingonberry propagation Methods

Plant propagation may be through the use of seed, transplants, cuttings and rhizome pieces. seeds from fresh fruit have high germination rate of near 80% when immediately seeded on sand:peat:soil, 1:1:1.

Lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis idaea

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