{"product_id":"forever-stamps-2020-fruits-vegetables-fresh-produce-collection-first-class-postage","title":"Fruits \u0026 Vegetables 2020 Forever Stamps — Robert Papp Still Lifes, Booklet of 20","description":"\u003ch2\u003eIssue facts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Day of Issue: July 17, 2020\u003cbr\u003eFirst Day City: Charleston, West Virginia\u003cbr\u003ePrinted by: Banknote Corporation of America\u003cbr\u003ePrinting Method: Offset\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Double-sided booklets of 20\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen designs, each a still life of a different fruit or vegetable by Robert Papp. This one shows green and purple figs. Charleston was chosen for the first-day postmark because of Capitol Market, the city's well-known year-round farmers' market and nonprofit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat counts as a fruit\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrocery stores get this wrong constantly. Most people have absorbed that eggplants, tomatoes and squash are botanically fruits. Fewer know that bananas are berries, or that a fig is not really a fruit at all but an inverted cluster of flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFigs in America\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are a staple across the Mediterranean and the Middle East, where they originated, and comparatively unusual here. Nearly every fig grown in the United States comes from California, which supplies what the tree wants: full sun, warmth and soil that drains. Depending on variety the season runs May through November.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost people picture the dark purple-black Mission fig, but there are also Brown Turkey (light purple), Kadota (amber), Sierra (light green) and Tiger (striped green and yellow). Flavors range from rich and almost meaty to light and citrusy, closer to a raspberry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePliny the Elder rated them highly, claiming figs restore strength in the young, keep the old in better health, and leave them looking younger with fewer wrinkles. Modern nutrition is more measured; a ripe fresh fig still makes the case on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forever Stamp Center","offers":[{"title":"100 Stamps (5 Books)","offer_id":47100610805959,"sku":"ST20-A3-5","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300 Stamps (15 Books)","offer_id":47100610838727,"sku":"ST20-A3-15","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 Stamps (25 Books)","offer_id":47100610871495,"sku":"ST20-A3-25","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 Stamps (50 Books)","offer_id":47100610904263,"sku":"ST20-A3-50","price":149.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5000 Stamps (250 Books)","offer_id":47100610937031,"sku":"ST20-A3-250","price":699.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/6250\/4647\/files\/fruits-and-vegetables-2020-forever-stamps-main-scaled-1-1-800x600_1775b48d-5b56-4aec-b88e-eef195c3b635.jpg?v=1788604580","url":"https:\/\/www.foreverstampcenter.com\/products\/forever-stamps-2020-fruits-vegetables-fresh-produce-collection-first-class-postage","provider":"center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}