These white blossoms are those of Sand Hill Plum, the state fruit of Kansas. Look carefully and you can see a honey bee - which happens to be the Kansas state insect. The Sand Hill Plum became the state fruit of Kansas on April 12, 2022. Photo courtesy of Linda Woerner.
Tuesday, Jan. 29, was Kansas Day. Kansas, having become a state on Jan. 29, 1861, was 162 years old. President Abraham Lincoln signed the law which made Kansas the 34th State in the Union.
During all those years, Kansas has acquired many symbols. Twenty-two symbols in fact. Many are well known, the buffalo (state animal), the meadowlark (state bird), the sunflower (state flower), the cottonwood (state tree), the ornate box turtle (state reptile), the barred tiger salamander (state amphibian) and of course, Home on the Range (state song).
But did you know Kansas also has a state fruit? In 2022,...
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