Oranges and lemons have been associated with Easter for hundreds of years in the form of Hot Cross buns. Flavoured with spices and the zest of oranges and lemons, the buns are said to date from the 12th Century and used to be known as Good Friday buns!

Apples can go rusty! If you cut an apple in two the air will make the apple go brown. That’s because apples are rich in iron and the air reacts with the iron to cause iron oxides – or rust. Amazing!

In disguise? Did you know that tomatoes and cucumbers are really fruit and not vegetables? This is because their seeds are on the inside. Strange but true!

Did you know that long ago carrots used to be PURPLE? It was only in the 16th century that farmers in Holland began to grow orange carrots because they liked the colour!

Mangoes are the world’s most popular fruit. What do you think of them? Are they your favourite?

Ooh, tasty clothes! Blackberry juice can be used to dye cloth indigo and navy blue!

Did you know that you can make a pineapple ripen faster if you stand it upside down?! Do you think that would work in Australia??

You can use lemons to clean with! They are brilliant at killing bacteria because they have so much acid inside them. Take that, germs!