[SunkenCiv]

A 15th-century manuscript shows trees bearing (clockwise from top left): sweet apples, jujubes, lemons, cherries, dates, and sour apples.

© BnF, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY

[Ezekiel]

Studying fruit can give scholars glimpses of the ingenuity of ancient peoples.

Time really flies, doesn't it? I wonder if Self-Defense Against Fresh Fruit is still being taught.