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Monday, 24 August 2026
21 facts about olives
21 facts about olives
"Where the olive refuses to grow, there the Mediterranean world ends"
It is not known exactly when and where the first olive tree, characteristic of the Mediterranean region, grew. Paleobotanists claim that wild olives g ...

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Jerusalem artichoke
Topinambur is native to North America.
Today it is widespread on many continents as an edible, forage, and ornamental plant. It grows wild ...
Chestnuts
Chestnuts come from temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
They occur in forests, often in mountainous areas and mountain valleys, where they sometimes play th ...
Grapes
In the 19th century, European winemaking suffered greatly from fungal invasions.
Both fungi and aphids caused huge losses in crops. It was only by chance that it was discovered that copper compounds are excellent fungicides and the blight was brought under control.
Avocado
The increasing popularity of avocados is causing deforestation to prepare new cultivation sites.
Pomegranate
Pomegranate flowers and fruits were a common decorative motif in Assyrian, Semitic, and Egyptian civilizations.
Jews decorated the robes of priests or statues with them. The fruit symbolized fidelity to the Pentateuch, and the royal crown of the Jews was modeled after the pomegranate fruit.
Carob
Carob is an evergreen tree. It is a species of tree belonging to the legume, pea or bean family (Fabaceae).
This family contains 766 genera and about 19600 species. Legumes growing in the tropics are often found in woody form, while in temperate climates they are mainly herbaceous.
Cabbage
The Latin name for cabbage (Brassica) comes from the Celtic language.
Many European and Asian names are taken from the Celtic-Slavic word cap meaning head. The name of th ...
Sugar maple
Apart from being a source of maple syrup, sugar maple wood holds high commercial value.
It is often referred to as hard maple because it is very shock resistant.
Sycamore maple tree
Sycamore leaves are lobed, single.
The blade is roundish, palmately lobed, large, 10-20 cm (3,93 - 7,87 in) long and about the same wid ...
Cabbage
Napa cabbage is native to northern China and Japan.
The first records of the cultivation of Napa cabbage date back to the 15th century from around the Y ...