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General => News => Topic started by: cambourne7 on March 12, 2009, 21:01:38

Title: Intresting BBC fact of the day
Post by: cambourne7 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.

Title: Re: Intresting BBC fact of the day
Post by: pigeonseed 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.

Title: Re: Intresting BBC fact of the day
Post by: artichoke 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....