Three bidders fought over the placemat-size still life, which depicts several golden-hued apples stacked on a white plate near some smaller, green fruit.

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So once you see the green fruit becomes yellow or red, and then you take off easily and, as children, you just bite it.

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The size of a small breadfruit, the fruit has a lime-green skin covered with eyes like a potato's.

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Other dietary factors which appeared to reduce lung cancer risk were raw and green vegetables, fruit and milk, but carrot, pumpkin, egg and coffee appeared to increase risk.

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Roadside carts sell snacks and drinks, from fruit punch to arepas (corn cakes) and salted green mango.

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Campaigns urge shoppers to buy locally grown fruit in season, and to shun cherries in winter or green beans flown in from Kenya.

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He tells me how he goes almost every morning to grab a green smoothie. 11 servings of raw greens and fruit in one simple, fast, great tasting drink with only 150 calories.

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But the president is quick to counter that his administration will continue to advocate for green energy, noting that it will take time for those endeavors to bear fruit.

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Put as simply as possible, it advocated eating from all food groups every day -- two cups of fruit and two and a half cups of vegetables a day, including veggies both dark green (kale, broccoli) and orange (carrots, squash), starches (potatoes, corn), and "other" (artichokes, green beans).

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Green pickles, burnished Florida oranges, rich yellow cheeses, ruby red grapefruit juice and rainbow hued fruit yogurts are among our most typical everyday staples.

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