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farms

Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Blueberries?

The blueberry industry has gotten so big there's now a glut.
Sarah Laskow September 30, 2016
food

The Rise and Fall of Fruitopia, the Trippiest Beverage of the '90s

Wherefore art thou, Strawberry Passion Awareness?
Cara Giaimo September 12, 2016
farms

Why the Purple Skittle Tastes Different Outside America

The long-forbidden blackcurrant fruit is making a U.S. comeback.
Ella Morton September 9, 2016
135 ft Peachoid water tower
Gaffney, South Carolina

Gaffney Peachoid

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Columbia Falls, Maine

Wild Blueberry Land

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.
Ripe mangoes
food

The 9,000-Mile Sea Journey of an Irradiated Indian Mango

Can the delicate mango ever become a seafaring fruit?
Atlas Obscura July 26, 2016
Huckleberries hanging out in Washington's Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
food

Will We Ever Tame The Wild Huckleberry?

Domestication is on hold—even as threats to the iconic berry grow.
Cara Giaimo July 8, 2016
crime and punishment

There's a Crime Wave in New Zealand Because of Avocado Shortages

People are seeing green.
Erik Shilling June 15, 2016
money

You Can Soon Buy a Melon With Hello Kitty's Face Grown Onto The Surface

They don't come cheap, though.
Cara Giaimo June 6, 2016
Isahaya, Japan

Konagai's Fruit-Shaped Bus Stops

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.
iceland

A Banana Grows in Iceland

Only 177 miles from the Arctic Circle lies Northern Europe's largest banana plantation.
Kasper Friis March 8, 2016
A scene from Cleopatra, Fête du Citron-style.
sculptures

Fleeting Wonders: Zesty Sculptures Take Over A French Town

Cara Giaimo February 16, 2016
One of the grander uses of a pineapple motif, at Dunmore House in Scotland.
architecture

The Hidden History of the Housewarming Pineapple

Cale Weissman November 14, 2022
Aerial view
Sunnyvale, California

Libby's Water Tower

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.
Duck pond
Los Angeles, California

Historic Orange Grove

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.
Banana Ripening Facility
Bronx, New York

Banana Ripening Facility

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.
Big Apple. (Wikimedia Commons)
Yerrinbool, Australia

Big Apple

Entrance to a famous orchard with nine types of apples.