h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There's not a lot of fruits covered by the EG. ON looking I found the following;

A686757 Granny Smith Apples
A536492 Bananas
A7209623 Blackberries and Brambling
A284528 The Raspberry
A593453 How to Enjoy a Mango
A71731 Blood Oranges

But there are many more delicious and strange ones that could be done like;

Lemons, Limes, Paw Paw, Lychee, Rhambutan, Star Fruit, Kiwi Fruit, Blueberry, Gooseberry, Loganberry, Figs, Quince etc.

Any one feeling fruity?

MJ

Bags I do Paw Paw

What now?
Wilma the Challenge Newbie

Write the Entry ya 'nana!

I think I might do Lychees

I think I'll take a whack at rambutan...

mini

A few you missed - grapes, melons, phisillis (sp?), grapefruit.

There's more than a few I missed. Pick a fuit to do, it's like playing on the one armed bandits!

Bananas or not a fruit, they are a herb
"Oddly enough, the banana is neither a fruit or a vegetable, but a member of the herb family - the Musacae, a cousin of the orchid."

Papaya is also a herb, I think





to check

"The papaya is a short-lived, fast-growing, woody, large herb to 10 or 12 feet in height"

yep now what?

Thanks for that. I'll remind all the kids I nurse that bananas are herbs. That'll help when they get asked what fruit they want with their dinners.



oh that would be this one

The challenege is to do Entries on fruit, not pick fault with the suggestion

What now? I'd suggest a simple footnote explaining that the PLANT is a herb, but the stuff that grows and falls off it contianing its seeds would COMMONLY be referred to as FRUIT.

Forgive my tone, just a little peeved.

awwight, awwight, keep yer knickers on - we'll do the challenge on herby fruit I still bags the pawpaw

who said I wore knickers? tell me dammit! it's a lie!

just not a happy day in Peer Review, it's ticking me off. (no offense meant HD)

Oooops, boxers then?

not a conversation I care to pursue

You're alright, MJ - everyone's entitled once in a while

Right, to PR to see what's up...

Oooh looky
'Munches a strawberry'

I think the reference to 'phisilis' is spelt 'physalis' better know as the cape gooseberry or for ornamental purposes Chinese lantern.
Just a piece of trivia

This sounds like a fine challenge Though not for me just now I'd like to see some of the entry's though

Wilma, i would'nt bother with PR just now unless you fancy a big headache

'munches another strawberry'

argh! all the 's are gone!

Go on Venus, go on, take a nibble on writing a bit about gooseberries, you've made a start!

Physalis, that's it.

Maybe once my other 2 entries are sorted. Strangely enough. my confidence has taken a little battering recently....can't think why...

'offers a strawberry'

"think the reference to 'phisilis' is spelt 'physalis' better know as the cape gooseberry or for ornamental purposes Chinese lantern."

I'm fairly certain it's what we used to call 'Goldenberries'. We had them growing in our garden way back.

We also had Paw-Paws, and I could swear they were much taller than 10-12 feet, but I was much smaller then.

The leaves make brilliant swords.