Describes the characteristics of melons, bananas, berries, apples, and other fruits, including tomatoes, peas, and others that are usually thought of as vegetables.
Describes the historical origins, domestication, uses, growing requirements, harvesting, and shipping of bananas, pineapples, berries, grapes, and melons.
Discusses the history and uses of plants that are normally thought of as vegetables but share some of the traits of fruits, such as tomatoes, avocados, squash, and peppers. Includes recipes.
Photographs of various plants and trees show characteristics of different leaves, seeds, and flowers and depict the cycle from flower to fruit to seed to flower.
Photographs and simple text provide a brief introduction to the world of plants, discussing how flowers, fruits, and seeds enable plants to reproduce in different ways.
Full-color illustrated photographs describe the various fruits found around the world, how they grow and produce seeds, and the relationship among plants, the environment, people, and other animals.
Hand-tinted photographs and text introduce fourteen fruits and show how and where they grow. Each fruit is presented in a still life, a landscape, and a close-up view.