Trivia 1/3

[luckytrim]

[FONT=&quot]trivia [/FONT][FONT=&quot]1/3 [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]DID YO KNOW... [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"wolf peach." [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]1. What are the members of the Society of Friends called ? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. Which king of England was called "The Conqueror" ? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. What kind of tree comes in a silver, sugar, and sycamore [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]4. Which of Shakespeare's plays involves a pound of flesh ? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5. To which country must I travel to visit the city of Salzburg ? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6. Castor and Pollux are stars in which constellation ? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7. Princess Diana agreed to Prince Charles' request for a divorce in what year ? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]8. "Hannibal the Cannibal" first appeared as a minor but important character in what novel ? [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]TRUTH OR CRAP ?? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Casablanca was once called Casa Branca. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]1. QUAKERS [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2. WILLIAM [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Maple [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Austria [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6. GEMINI [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7. 1996 [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]8. RED DRAGON [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]TRUTH !! [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The chief port of Morocco was once called Casa Branca. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Until 1468, a pirate town called Anfa stood on the site. The Portuguese destroyed the [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]city but returned in 1515 and built Casa Branca, which means "White House". [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In the middle of the 18th century, an earthquake leveled the city; when it was repopulated [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]with Spaniards and other Europeans, it was rechristened Casablanca [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

[pepperhead212]

[FONT=&quot]trivia [/FONT][FONT=&quot]1/3 [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]DID YO KNOW... [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means "wolf peach" [/FONT]
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Yes, and I think I'm only up to growing about 400 of those varieties, but I'm working on it!

 

[buckytom]

[FONT=&quot]trivia [/FONT][FONT=&quot]1/3 [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]DID YO KNOW... [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means "wolf peach" [/FONT]
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Yes, and I think I'm only up to growing about 400 of those varieties, but I'm working on it!

Hey pepp, have you ever tried growing Moreton tonatoes?
It's a hybrid that the seeds are only available from Rutgers.

My neighbor grew some last year, and they were fantastic. However, they are so thin skinned that they aren't grown comercially because of shipping problems and skin cracking.

 

[pepperhead212]

BT, A friend of mine grew those many years ago - in the 90s sometime, before they dropped them. They were very good, but you are right - they were thin skinned, so they split easily. And I don't think I'd try them now, as the temps are much hotter here (in the area they were grown) than they used to be, and many varieties that used to grow well, don't do so well, due to the heat. The reason I'm always looking for heat resistant varieties.