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The pomegranate tree or granitic are among the most common fruit trees and shrubs zone subtropics and tropics. Pomegranate is a shrub or tree up to 5-6 meters. The pomegranate is a large globular berries.


The diameter of the fruit may vary from 8 to 18 cm, and the skin color — from yellow-orange to dark red. Inside the fruit also contains small seeds surrounded by a bright red juicy flesh. In the ripe pomegranate can contain over a thousand seeds, for this reason, in ancient times, this fruit was considered a symbol of fertility and as a remedy for infertility. Ripe fruit is firm to the touch, and his skin should be dry and a uniform color.


The taste of ripe fruit – sweet (due to the presence of monosaccharides) and astringent (tannins). Currently, pomegranate is widely cultivated in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East and the former Yugoslavia, Spain, Portugal, Italy and France. On the territory of the former Soviet Union garnet grown in the southern republics, and also in Sochi and the South coast. Pomegranate is a tasty and extremely healthy fruit.


Moreover, it is not only useful vitamins and minerals, pulp, and seeds, and peel fruits and flowers, and bark of the plant: they make a variety of medicines, tinctures and decoctions for the treatment of anemia, diarrhea, stomatitis, conjunctivitis, burns and other diseases. "Right," garnet should be dry on the outside and juicy on the inside. This means that ripe fruit, the crust should be slightly dry and a little tight grain. If the crust is smooth garnet foiled ahead of time. In addition to the cover, pay attention to the "butt" of a grenade — the place where grew the flower that there should not be green. And the last: the grenades should be firm to the touch. If it is soft — so was beaten on the road, rotted or frozen. Immediately discard such fruit, it will bring neither pleasure nor profit.

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