Biglerville, Pennsylvania

History

Friends

Lodging

About Us

Contact Us

Apple Book

Photo Tour

Horticulture

Adams County

Other Festivals

Other Museums

Research Station

Blossom Festival

Harvest Festival

Learning where fruits grow

Supplies: (pick two fruits from each growing region) 1 pineapple 1 banana 1 apple 1 peach or pear 1 orange (don't get a naval orange, as it is seedless) 1 lemon 1 world map 1 globe 1 United States map fruit cutouts

First introduce the students to the subject by talking about what fruits are, and the difference between fruits and vegetables. Using real fruits, cut each one open to show the seeds, or point out where the seeds would be if the fruit is a seedless variety. Discuss with your students about each fruit and what type of climate it needs to grow. Using removable stickum, attach the fruit cutouts on this page to the country or state on a map where they might be grown.

Apple - Temperate Zone Fruit
Growing areas: Washington, Michigan, New York, Japan, New Zealand
Seeds: small cluster in the center

Peach -Temperate Zone Fruit
Growing areas: Italy, France, Greece, Japan
Seeds: One large pit in the center

Orange - Sub-tropical Fruit Growing areas: California, Florida, Australia, Arizona
Seeds: several clustered in the center.

Lemon - Sub-tropical Fruit
Growing areas: Arizona, California, Italy, Spain, India, Argentina, Turkey
Seeds: several, clustered in the center.

Pineapple - Tropical Fruit Growing areas: China, Thailand, Brazil, Hawaii, Zaire
Seeds: Pineapples that we buy are seedless, the seed would be just under the ³eye² on the surface, where the remains of the flowers are. Pineapples are fascinating, as each of the diamondshaped features on the front is a separate fruit. The pineapple is composed of a large number of fused fruits, each of which has developed from an separate flower.

Banana - Tropical Fruit Growing areas: Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia, Honduras
Seeds: Bananas that we buy are seedless, but seeds would be located running along the center.