In the United States more than 90 percent of fruit tree and vegetable varieties found in farmers' fields at the beginning of the twentieth century are no longer there.

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Pershore Town Council originally wanted the streets named after varieties of plum, the fruit the town is known for.

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That is where the newest varieties of apples, pears, stone fruit and table grapes grow in months that are winter in the northern hemisphere.

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Wine was promoted as a form of alcohol made from abundant fruit (grapes, both vitas vinifera and indigenous varieties, and other fruits) in order to reduce use of precious food grains for alcohol production.

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Named after postal worker Rudolph Hass, who purchased the seedling in 1926 from a California farmer, the distinctive purplish-black fruit has a thicker skin and smaller body than other varieties.

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Ornamental tree varieties like Jacaranda were also planted on the terraces to provide shade, as well as palm trees and fruit trees like papaya.

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