Fruit of the Loom

[EnderAndrew]

The are four fruits in the Fruit of the Loom logo.

 

There are two types of grapes, because grapes apparenlty deserve two spots.

 

Then you have an apple, which makes sense.

 

What the heck is the fourth fruit?

 

http://www.fruitcountryvideo.com/

[Kor Qel Droma]

this was my first reaction

http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/horned_melon.htm

[Darkside]

I think it's a rotten banana.

[EnderAndrew]

Nice suggestion. Someone suggested to me that the yellow, bushy looking thing is supposed be fig leaves, but figs grow on trees, but bushes.

[jodo kast 5]

Looks like a Pinapple

[EnderAndrew]

I thought the same for a moment, but instead of spikes, it is a bunch of leaves.

[LadyCrimson]

No claims about the accuracy of this information...

 

History of Fruit of the Loom Inc.

 

1851 Benjamin and Robert Knight buy their first mill in Warwick, Rhode Island and beginproducing cotton cloth and textiles

 

1856 The B.B and R Knight Corporation adapt paintings of fruit by Miss Skeel, daughter of one of its customers, as printed labels for its cloth and the name

[jaguars4ever]

Apple, Grapes, Gooseberries and Fig Leaves.

 

[EnderAndrew]

Lady Crimson gets a cookie!

 

The local morning radio show was stumped for a week and I don't believe they ever found the answer.

[LadyCrimson]

I think that commercial ad is horrible, btw...for just a second, the leaf guy reminds me of an Ewok while he's playing the drums, too...

[Cantousent]

You know, gooseberries do look a lot like grapes. It all makes sense now.

[EnderAndrew]

I've never even heard of gooseberries.

[Oerwinde]

I've never even heard of gooseberries.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

My grandparents had a gooseberry bush in their back yard. They're like really big beige/yellow grapes

[EnderAndrew]

I had never heard of Tangelos either until we moved onto a property that had a Tangelo grove.

[Petay]

Hmmm, the orange one either looks like a rotting orange or the back of a chicken

[Child of Flame]

Have you heard of the best fruits of them all Ender? The Pluots!

 

I don't know if they are available in Omaha, but in California, was with practically any other fruit between the Heartland and Mexico, they are plentiful and nummy. Also, they are quite pretty.

 

[EnderAndrew]

I find California stores have a much greater variety in produce in general.

 

Nebraska just has the best beef in the country, and arguably the world.

[SteveThaiBinh]

Singapore has the greatest variety of fruits in the world, I think. I went to a cafe, and the list of different possible milkshakes covered a whole wall.

 

I wonder if that fruit costume was designed not to look like anything in order to get people talking about it, thus increasing the effectiveness of the advert.

[Child of Flame]

I find California stores have a much greater variety in produce in general.

 

Nebraska just has the best beef in the country, and arguably the world.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

I dunno man, I'd like to put some of our Nor-Cal beef up against your Nebraskan beef. This is indeed a matter of pride you see, as I did my time working on a ranch, and did in fact raise a Supreme Champion Steer, who then proceeded to sell for $15k.

[Calax]

best guess? a squash. But then I'm not entirely sure it's a fruit...

[Petay]

best guess? a squash. But then I'm not entirely sure it's a fruit...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A squash?? It's a bit too hairy to be a squash IMO. I was thinking maybe its an apricot?

[Walsingham]

I remember my first trip to the Far East, when I discovered that there were other tropical fruits than bananas and pineapples. I loved it. The Thais eat sliced fruit dipped in a mix of sugar salt and chilli. Fantastic.

[EnderAndrew]

I dunno man, I'd like to put some of our Nor-Cal beef up against your Nebraskan beef.  This is indeed a matter of pride you see, as I did my time working on a ranch, and did in fact raise a Supreme Champion Steer, who then proceeded to sell for $15k.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've been up to NorCal.

 

The finest steakhouses in the world all ship their beef from Omaha for a reason. Supposedly the only beef finer is Kobe beef in Japan.

 

Yet the local Kobe steakhouse serves Omaha beef instead of Kobe beef. I asked the chef why, as I've never tried Kobe beef and wanted to.

 

He said Omaha beef is just as good as Kobe beef.

[Walsingham]

If you like beef, take a trip to South Africa. I don't know how well it compares, but it is very cheap to eat.

[Shryke]

the only gooseberry i've ever seen is a kiwifruit (aka chinese gooseberry)