Pumpkins, or Cucurbita pepo, are the largest fruits in the plant kingdom. The “fruits” come in many different shapes and sizes, the largest can grow to be over six feet in circumference and to weigh over 300 pounds. The familiar Jack-O-Lantern pumpkins, most all from the C. Pepo family, are not the same type of [...] Read more »

Like the pistachio, the mango, and the less popular poison oak, the cashew belongs to the Anacardiaceae family. The Tupi-Indians influenced the Portuguese with their word for the nut, “acaju”, from which came the Portuguese “caju”. The English then created their word for the nut, which we use today: cashew.
The cashew tree is [...] Read more »