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cambourne7

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Intresting BBC fact of the day
« on: March 12, 2009, 21:01:38 »
"Raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, cherries, plums, apples and pears are all kinds of rose."

Found that quite an intresting peice of information.
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Re: Intresting BBC fact of the day
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 21:14:54 »
i didnt know it was true for cherries and pears - i suppose the flowers are a bit alike in allof them.
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Re: Intresting BBC fact of the day
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2009, 08:56:53 »
They all belong to the family Rosaceae, often described as a "dustbin family" because so many genera are dumped in it that don't fit into other families....
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