Alyssa Blackburn Alysavit Steinmetz Botany M8 February, 2018 The Pear. Have you ever taken a bite of a pear during the summer and let the sweet pear juice run down your face and arms, it’s good right? Have you ever wondered how pears came to be or where they came from? You’ll learn where they came from, why they’re still around and some of the benefits of eating them. Pyrus communis or Pears are a bulb like shaped fruit. It is a light green on the outside and on the inside the pear is a white yellowish color. The pear has a stem in the very center and the seeds are a dark brown or black. Pears were first grown around the periods 1603-1867 and it was recorded in 1860 that 150 people planted pears and soon they became widely planted. Around the period they were first planted they …show more content…
Pears help the digestive system by making food easier to pass through the intestines and regulates bowel movements and also helps with constipation. Pears help with weight loss because they don’t have many calories and the fiber in pears makes you feel full after eating it. Pears can help prevent cancer because of the antioxidents and vitamic C inside of them. Pears can improve heart health because they’re a great source of potassium which means they can lower blood pressure and can reduce the strain on your whole cardiovascular system. Pears are said to also prevent birth defects because you need to have the right amount of folic acid or vitamins in your system. Pear growers in the U.S. have been relying on pear trade from foreign growers to bring in some of their fresh pears. The U.S. has an export of 188,346 pears from 2011, which was a 12% increase from 2010. The fresh pears from the U.S. go to almost 100 countries with the largest markets such as Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and
apples and pears and peaches were very fresh- and very deadly, their insides injected with
The American chestnut was not only an important food source for almost all living organisms of the Eastern, North America, but it was very important in providing housing and furniture and numerous other wooden necessities. The tree possessed rot resistant properties and strait grained wood which were valuable in buildings and many other applications. Its enormous trunk rose one-hundred feet into the canopy of the forest. Diameters of five feet have been recorded and many photos of the tree show greater trunk girths. The tree was able to produce its eatable fruit within seven years of germination. It was said to be truly treasured by early Americans.
Spain is in the southwestern part of Europe and to the east of the Mediterranean Sea. There are a large variety of fruits and vegetables grown in Spain. Food From Spain lists peaches, cherries, ioquats, apricots, nectarines, plums, apples, pears, grapes, wheat, and olives as fruits grown in Spain. There are also many others, but these specific fruits are only from Spain. A Melocoton de Calanda is a Spanish peach found in northeastern Spain. Cerezas de la Montana de Alicante is a sweet red cherry found in the jerte Valley in Extremadura of Spain. Ioquats are sweet, slightly acidic, and have a strong leathery skin. Certain types of apricots, nectarines, and plums also come from Spain. Apples from Asturias, Castile-Leon, and Catalonia of northern Spain are “generally considered superior (foodfromspain).” Pears are originally from Asia Minor, but grow well in inland Spain. Grapes, wheat, and olives play a major role in Spanish cuisine as well. Grapes are used for wine and oil. Olives are in abundance and are eaten and used for oil. Olive oil serves many uses in Spanish cuisine.
The pear tree is quite a significant object throughout the novel; it is what causes the spark that creates the ideas of love and marriage within Janie. It not only symbolizes her love and hardships
The Pecan tree is a native tree to North America. When early European settlers traveled across the sea to settle in the New World, they found pecan trees located in numerous places in this new land. Since then, the pecan tree has become one of the most important orchard species in terms of acreage. Indians began using pecans almost 8000 years ago in what is now Texas. The first budded pecan trees were produced in Louisiana in the mid-1800s and orchards have been established throughout the Southern states. The first recorded shipment of pecans to England was documented in 1761, by Spanish and European explorers (Anderson and Crocker, 2004). In 1917, a commercial shipment of pecans came out of Georgia and since then, Georgia has been the leading producer of pecans. Although Georgia is the leading producer, in some years collections of pecans from wild trees in Oklahoma and Texas surpass the production in Georgia.
The novel indicates that the pear tree symbolizes Janie’s desires in a relationship and her ideas of a marriage. Janie spent majority of her childhood near that tree because she used it as her center towards life and love. In 2005, Emily Kendall, Symbols and Metaphors, published
The digestive system is important for breaking down food and turning it into nutrients. The body uses the nutrients for energy, growth, and cell repair. The food and drinks that a person must be changed into smaller molecules of nutrients before the blood absorbs them and carries them to cells throughout the body. The body breaks down nutrients from food and drink into carbohydrates, protein, fats, and vitamins. Compared to the other systems in the body, the digestive system is one of the most diverse and important. According to Robert Sullivan the digestive system is a set group of organs whose function is based on the process of turning food, absorbing nutrients for energy and getting rid of the bodies waste (Sullivan, 2008, p.33). The organs
From all historical accounts, it seems that fruit pies as we now know them were invented by the Pennsylvania Dutch. Women in the southeastern counties of the state made delicious, crispy pies encasing every fruit in the region. “It may be,” states Frederick Klees, “that during the Revolution men from the other colonies came to know this dish in Pennsylvania and carried this knowledge back home to establish pie as the great American dessert” (191). Additionally, this pie gained popularity at the triumphant end of the war and the beginning of our country. The recipe migrated north, farmer’s wives learned to make this more involved pie, and consumption swelled. Colonists loved pie so much they ate it for every meal, but, notably, not every farmer could afford it. Thus, pies evolved into a symbol of status. Thomas Jefferson made his own recipe, Ben Franklin grew prize apples in his backyard for his pies, and Martha Washington even served this dessert at diplomatic dinners! Indeed it is the fruition of this unique, thick, two-crusted apple pie, rather than the thin, one-crust English pie, in which we invest our pride. Ever wonder why July 4th parties are marked by apple pies? It’s a carryover from first Independence Day celebrations when the apple pie was at its peak importance to Americans.
Throughout the novel this motif of the pear tree is used to symbolize the perfect male relationship that Janie longs to have. This may seem like a sexual fulfillment, but she wants to be fully loved by a man in both a sexually and adoring way. Hurston does an excellent job in describing how it would feel like to have such an intimate relationship by using the bee and blossoms. Janie's search is like a young tree growing and blossoming until she finds her true self.
The digestive system is interesting, complex and truly important to our daily lives. Without the digestive system energy and nutrients vital to the body could never reach body cells and a person wouldn't be able to do all the things they like to do, such as study, play sports, and hang out with friends. The body uses various organs and chemicals to break down food. The breakdown of food he... ...
The excretory system, which includes the rectum and anus helps the digestive system by getting rid of waste and the digestive system helps the excretory system by breaking down food to be eliminated from the body. Wow! The human body wouldn’t be able to work without one or the other. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading my journey throughout the human digestive system. I hope to write again from where my next journey from here will begin- perhaps it will be in the ocean or along Sydney Water pipes. Until next
The story of the pineapple falls into three distinct periods. The first period precedes the discovery of America and goes back into the antiquity of South America where the pineapple is believed to have developed. There is very little information about it during this period but it is known that the pineapple was already being cultivated and widely distributed through inhabited areas of the American tropics.
The orange, one of the oldest cultivated fruits known to man, have been grown for more than 4,000 years. They probably originated in the part of Asia that contains India and China. Oranges are known for their delicious juice and vitamin C content. They also contain a source of potassium and folic acid.
Ginger has been widely used in different culinary cuisines and has numerous therapeutic qualities. It is a rhizome or mass of roots from the plant Zingiber officinale and with the numerous members of this plant family, all has its own uses as a delicacy, medicine, and spice. It can be served in solid form as fresh, dried, or powdered and in liquid form such as juice, extract, or oil. Ginger has been found to be highly effective in fighting a variety of diseases and conditions because of its impact in relieving excessive inflammation, which is a notable underlying cause of many illnesses. Here are several areas wherein ginger has been shown to be very effective:
The art of bonsai has been around for thousands of years. It first came around as a simple art known as Pun-Sai. This was just an early specimen in pots. (www.bonsaisite.com/history1.html) The Chinese based their shaping of the trees on Dragons and serpents.