A California Alphabet

& Coloring Book

USDA Farm Service Agency These crops all grow in California! www.fsa.usda.gov/ca/agforkids.htm
apple

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Fun fact: It takes two pounds of apples to make a pie.
broccoli

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Fun fact: Moms have been telling kids to eat broccoli for 2,000 years.
corn

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Fun fact: Corn is really a tall grass.
date palm

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Fun fact: The date palm was brought to the US (on a large

scale) in the 1890's.
egg

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Fun fact: It takes a hen 24 to 26 hours to produce an egg. Just 30

minutes later, she starts all over again.
fig

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Fun fact: Figs were probably one of the first fruits to be dried and

stored by people.
garlic

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Fun fact: Cloves of garlic were found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb.
honey

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Fun fact: A honey bee flies about 15 miles per hour.
iceberg lettuce

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Fun fact: The ancient Greeks believed that lettuce made you

sleepy so they served it at the end of the meal.
juice

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Fun fact: Did you know that a serving of 100% fruit juice is 3⁄4 of a

cup?
kiwifruit

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Fun fact: Kiwifruit first came from China.
lemon

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Fun fact: Almost all lemons grown in the US come

from California and Arizona.
mushroom

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Fun fact: In old Ireland, people thought mushrooms were

umbrellas for leprechauns.
nectarine

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Fun fact: A nectarine is a fuzzless variety of peach.
onion

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Fun fact: It is not the strong odor of the onion that

makes us cry, but the gas that the onion releases.
plum

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Fun fact: Dried plums used to be called prunes –

but now they’re dried plums.
quince

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Fun fact: A quince is not edible when raw.
rice

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Fun fact: More than 1 billion people throughout the world

grow rice.
strawberry

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Fun fact: If all the strawberries produced in California this year were

laid berry to berry, they'd wrap around the world 15 times.
tomatoes

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Fun fact: Tomatoes are a fruit, since it is the ripened ovary of a plant,

but in 1893 the US Supreme Court ruled in the case of "NIX v.

HEDDEN" tomatoes were to be considered vegetables.
U-pick farms

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Fun fact: Some farmers run U-Pick farms where you can go and

gather your own apples, peaches or other fruit.
African Violets

pick farms

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Fun fact: A few California farmers grow and sell African Violets.
walnut

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Fun fact: Most US-grown walnuts grow in California.
antioxidants

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Fun fact: Antioxidants in fruits and vegetables protect our cells.
Yolo County

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Fun fact: Yolo County, California grows processing tomatoes,

grapes, rice, alfalfa hay and seed crops.
Zinfandel grapes

County

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Fun fact: Zinfandel grapes are red grapes used to make wine.
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