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New York Times; June 4, 2007; Bill Whitman, 92, Is Dead; Scoured the Earth for Rare Fruit.William F. Whitman Jr., a self-taught horticulturist who became renowned for collecting rare tropical fruits from around the world and popularizing them in the United States, died Wednesday at his home in Bal Harbour, Florida.
Paul Thomson (June 29, 1916 – May 31, 2008) was an American exotic fruit enthusiast, self-taught horticulturist and botanist, fruit farmer, and the co-founder of the California Rare Fruit Growers Association, a group of amateur horticulturists which now has more than 3,000 members in approximately 35 countries. [1]
Today, in the 21st century, one cannot talk about horticulture in Ghana and West Africa without talking about the Aburi Botanical Gardens. The Garden occupies an area of 64.8 hectares. [1] It was opened in March 1890 and was founded by Governor William Brandford-Griffith and Dr. John Farrell Easmon, a Sierra Leonean medical doctor. [2]
Experts agree that a diet rich in fruits and veggies is the way to go. Fruits can provide essential nutrients, fiber and a host of other health benefits. If you enjoy fruits frequently, that's great.
The Munch Bunch is a series of children's books, [1] created in the UK by Barrie and Elizabeth Henderson and originally published between 1979 and 1984. The Munch Bunch are a group of unwanted vegetables, fruits, legumes and nuts who were swept to the corner of a shop but ran away together and set up home in and around an old, forgotten garden ...
The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978. The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.
Dacryodes edulis is a fruit tree in the family Burseraceae native to Africa.Its various regional names include safou (Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola), messa, plum (), atanga (Equatorial Guinea and Gabon), ube, elumi/rukuki (), [2] [3] African pear, bush pear, African plum, nsafu, bush butter tree, or butterfruit.
Boscia senegalensis, commonly known as hanza, is a member of the family Capparaceae.. The plant originated from West Africa.Still a traditional food plant in Africa, this little-known fruit has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare.