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Where do fruits and vegetables come from?

The answer is simple: plants! Since fruits and vegetables both come from plants, it's logical to WONDER how they're different from each other. Fruits contain seeds and develop from the ovaries of flowering plants.27-Jan-2017

Where do we get fruits and vegetables from?

The fruits and vegetables themselves came from the wild plants that grow in widely scattered areas around the globe. Some of their distant cousins we find in our lawns, and are trying to eradicate as weeds.

Where do fruits grow from?

Fruits grow from different types of plants. Some fruits, such as bananas, cherries, and apples, grow on trees. Other fruits, such as strawberries, grapes, and watermelons, grow on vines. Fruits like blueberries and raspberries grow on bushes. All fruits contain seeds.

Where did the first vegetables come from?

Originally, vegetables were collected from the wild by hunter-gatherers and entered cultivation in several parts of the world, probably during the period 10,000 BC to 7,000 BC, when a new agricultural way of life developed.

Where do vegetable seeds come from?

Where do seeds come from? They are the byproduct of a flower or flower-like structure. Sometimes seeds are encased in fruits, but not always. Seeds are the primary method of propagation in most plant families.

How are fruit formed?

When a grain of pollen reaches the stigma, it creates a pollen tube for the sperm to journey down the style and fertilize the ovule; fertilized ovules become seeds. Fertilization is the death of the flower, as the petals drop or wither at this point and the ovary starts to enlarge and ripen into what we know as fruit.

Where do strawberries come from?

While the origins of strawberry plants are widely unknown, they are thought to be indigenous to North and South America as well as Europe and Asia (Davidson, 757). Strawberry plants were not likely cultivated on a large scale until the 17th century when two American varieties (F. virginiana and F.

Which was the first fruit on Earth?

In the ruins of a prehistoric village near Jericho, in the West Bank, scientists have found remains of figs that they say appear to be the earliest known cultivated fruit crop — perhaps the first evidence anywhere of domesticated food production at the dawn of agriculture.