Grapefruit

Description

      The grapefruit occupies a high place among the citrus fruits because of its flavor, its appetizing properties and its refreshing qualities. The fruit is often very large-larger than the human head It varies in color and may have a pale yellow or pinkish flesh. The rind is usually quarter to half an inch thick.

Fig

Description

The fig occupies a high position among fruits. Soft, sweet and pulpy, this delicious fruit promotes health. It is a pear-shaped hollow fruit, with sugary pulp and a large number of small seeds of golden color sticking to the wall of the cavity. It is variable in size and color. The ripe fresh fruit is juicy, wholesome and delicious. However, being highly perishable, it is sold in the world markets in its dry form.

Papaya

Description

The papaya has been regarded as one of the most valuable of tropical fruits. It is a large, f1eshv, hollow berry up to 50-60 cm. in diameter and usually weighs from ½ kg to 2 kg. It is cylindrical or pear-shaped. The central cavity is surrounded by hundreds of small seeds, though sometimes seedless varieties of the fruit are also found.

The fruit has a thin smooth skin. It is dark green in color at first, but as the papaya ripens, it changes to bright yellowish or orange. Inside, the thick juicy flesh has a soft melting quality, and may be yellow or pink. It has a delicate aroma and delicious f1avor.

Orange

Description

The orange is one of the finest gifts of nature. It is the most popular wide-spread of the citrus fruits. It is a very delicious and nourishing fruit which is up to 12 cm. in diameter, though most common ones are only 6 to 8 cm. in diameter. The fruit grows on a spreading evergreen tree, up to 12 m. tall, with dark green leaves and fragrant flowers.

            There are many varieties of oranges. The more important ones are loose-skinned orange, tight-skinned orange and sour orange. The loose-skinned orange is very popular in India and the tight-skinned one is very popular in Europe.

Mango

Description

The mango enjoys a unique status among the fruits. It is the most popular fruit of the tropics and is called 'The King of Asiatic fruits'. It is regarded as a valuable item of diet and a household remedy. The mango is fleshy drupe, variable in size and shape, with varying mixtures of green, yellow and red color. Inside the fruit is stony endocarp, variable in size. Mango grows on a large, erect, branched, evergreen tree. The leaves, when fully grown, are stiff, pointed and deep glossy green. These are used in ceremonial decorations. The dry twigs are used to light sacred fires. The worst type of mangoes is very fibrous with turpentine flavor, but the best are juicy, sweet, with very little fiber and a deliciously piquant flavor.

Sugar Cane Benefits

Description

Sugarcane is the most important member of the plant kingdom with a metabolism leading to the accumulation of sucrose. It is transported as glucose and fructose within the growing plant. The crop provides the cheapest of energy-giving food.

The sugarcane belongs to the grass family. It is a perennial plant which grows from 2.5 to 4.25 meters. With sufficient care, it grows up to 7.5 meters. The diameter of stems varies from 2.5 to 8 cm. It has several joints after every few centimeters.

Cucumber Benefits

 Description

The cucumber is a very popular and widely cultivated vegetable in India. It gives cooling and refreshing effect. It contains almost all the essential elements needed for the preservation of health.

There are several varieties of cucumber which differ in shape, size and color. Its color varies from whitish green to dark green. It turns into orange, yellow or brownish yellow when it matures. Its sizes also vary from 8 to 30 cm. and above. Fresh, firm, smooth, regular in shape and dark green in color is the best variety for use.

Carrot Benefit

Description

The carrot is a popular vegetable the world over. It is a powerful cleansing food. Green carrot leaves are highly nutritive, rich in protein, minerals and vitamins.

There are many varieties of carrot. Broadly, they can be classified into two groups, namely, Asiatic types and European types. The former are marked by their larger size, darker color and sweet taste. However, the latter are preferred due to the smooth surface, thin core, better shape and being less fibrous in nature.

Sunflower Seeds Benefit for Health

Description

Sunflower seeds are probably the most familiar of all edible seeds. They are the tightly packed core of the glorious sunflowers. The flowers have gigantic size, yellow in color and they always keep their face towards sun. The seeds are commonly crushed for their oil. There are many varieties of sunflower seeds. The larger kernels are generally used for edible purposes while the smaller for crushing into edible oil.

Coconut Benefit

Description

The coconut is known as a 'wonder-food'. It is a near perfect diet, as it contains almost all the essential nutrients needed by the human body. It is also considered a sacred fruit and holds a very high place in all religious ceremonies.

The coconut is 20 to 30 cm. long, somewhat three-sided. The outermost part of the fruit is green and shining when tender. It becomes rough and matty after its maturity. It is almost entirely water-proof and very hard. Beneath this is a thick layer of stout fibres, the layer being at times over 25 mm. in thickness. Then follows a hard, stonelike layer, about 6 mm. thick. The inside of this stony layer is lined with a fairly thick coating of soft, milky-white flesh. The cavity inside the flesh is filled with a watery fluid. It grows on a tall stately, unbranched tree, with a terminal crown of leaves, growing to a height of 20 te 30 m.

Honey Benefit

Description

Honey is one of nature's most splendid gifts to mankind. It possesses unique nutritional and medicinal properties. It is a viscid, saccharine substance, semi-translucent liquid of a light yellowish-brown color. It has aromatic odour and. sweet acrid taste. After some time it become opaque and crystalline. Bees alone are capable of making honey and honey comb.

The word "honey" is derived from the Arabic "han". This became 'honing' in German and 'huning' in old English. The word is used in English language as a term of endearment.

Apple

Description

The apple is a sub-acid fruit and one of the most valuable of all the fruits It is a fleshy fruit, with tough skin, ranging in color from greenish yellow to red. It is usually five to seven cm

in diametf,1r and has pinkish or yellowish white flesh. The apple is considered "protective" and most wholesome food. Apart from its energy value, it plays an important role in the normal development of metabolic functions-i.e. the chemical and physical changes that take place within the body and enable its continued growth and functioning.

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