States Nicknamed After Fruits

All places have their nicknames. Paris is known to be the City of Lights and my favorite City Portland is well-known for being the "City of Roses". Some places have also weird nicknames but nothing will interests you more to do pedals cycling in these fruity nicknamed States.

When you eat American breakfast, it's not surprising to have an orange juice. The demand for oranges was so huge that Florida farmers engaged in growing them. All over U.S., 75 percent of oranges come from the Citrus State, Florida. The fruit is a good source of fiber, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorous and most of all Vitamins A.B and C. Start your day pedals cycling and have a healthful breakfast with an orange juice.

The Spanish conquistadores brought sweet peaches to Delaware in 1500's. After a century, peaches were so abundant that pigs enjoyed them as food. If only you go pedals cycling in Delaware back then, you'll enjoy a whiff of sweet peaches. Yet, a decline in production started in early 1900's due to some fruit blights encountered by farmers. Nowadays California leads in peach production but Delaware still got its nickname "Peach State".

Most people mistaken the tomato as a vegetable, yet it is a fruit. This next fruity State is not well-known for the volume of tomatoes. In fact, New Jersey was nicknamed Tomato State for its tomatoes notoriety of being the tastiest of its bunch. New Jersey farmer never picked their tomatoes green or sprayed them with ethylene to catch up with tomato producers. They grew the Ramapo Tomato which was picked excellent ripe on their vines and just sold them locally. Eventually the tastier tomatoes were sought after nationwide and you can pick some seeds when you drive pedals cycling across their town.

You last trip should start at the Pineapple State. Hawaii was nicknamed such because it produces 60 percent of canned pineapples worldwide. The state was made a pineapple kingdom by James Dole in 1899 when he first moved to the place. The Island of Lana'i was once a desert but he transformed the place just to grow pineapples. Today you can still see acres and acres of this tropical fruit farm. Better stop by and have some to have some rest while pedals cycling.