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Kaki
The colour of this fruit is yellow red and a bit of purple, as well. Originally it comes from the eastern part of Asia, but today you can also find it in the area of the Mediterranean countries, California and Florida. The taste reminds a bit on apricots. Fresh it is used for decoration, but you may also have it puréed, and you will find it in Tropicanas.

Kashu-Apple
Is another word for Cashewapple.

Katalupe-Melon
This is another writing of Cantaloupe-Melon.

Kessler
George Christian Kessler, the later founder of the oldest German sparkling wine vinter's business, was born in Heilbronn on 30th March 1787. He learned with a businessman in Neuwied at the river Rhine and in 1804, he started working as a comptorist in Mainz, which belonged to France those days. On 1st July 1807, Kessler started to work in the house of Veuve Clicquot in Reims. On 20th July 1810, he got the procura for the company Clicqot. The famous champagne vinter's business, founded in 1772, had a tough time caused by political conditions. 1822 was the year of the economic crisis, the sale of champagne reduced dramatically. But Kessler knew what to do: He advised the widow to start the banking business and textiles trade again, which have been the main activities of the company when her father in law had run the business. In 1819, G.C. Kessler married Mademoiselle Jobert coming from a well-known family in Sedan. But his wife and child died from an epidemic and Kessler decided to go back home. In 1823, Kessler bought the House Neuhof to which huge vineyards belonged to. It was exactly the place he wanted to spend his time working to produce sparkling wine. He successfully convinced the widow Clicqot to open a subsidiary company in Germany by buying the wool manufactory from Christian Ludwig Hubler. In January 1826, Kessler married the daughter of Freiherr from Veltnagel, who was a state-secretary in Wurttemberg and in May 1826, he entirely stopped his activities in Reims. The business bought by the company Clicqot in April 1825 was taken over by Kessler on his own responsibility. On 1st July 1826, the time had come to fulfil the dream of G.C. Kessler. He added a sparkling wine vinter's business to his textiles company. More confident he went on working, which is a sign, that Kessler has been preparing this project for years. His partner was a sharer and silent partner, named Henry August Georgii. In 1st July 1835, Carl Weiss joined the company, being as another sharer. In 1841, it was Gustav Stitz who also became a partner and who had already been a sharer of the textiles company Kessler. The expansion of the company was necessary. And not even a decade of the 19th century passed by, before the sparkling wine cellars of Kessler moved houses, rented rooms or built new houses. In January 1842, George Christian from Kessler, who has been noble by that time, retired from the business. His health condition was bad. Therefore he left his shares to the other sharers Georgii, Weiss and Stitz. On 16th December 1842, Kessler died. Carl Weiss was 33 years old at that time, he ran the business after Kessler's death. He grew up in Stuttgart, in 1824 he finished his apprenticeship and since 1827, he has lived in Gent, where he married Henriette Chenaux in 1831, who was the grand child of a vineyard owner in St. Vinzenz. After he joined the Kessler Company, he worked together with his partners and convinced them to buy the reputed cellars. He developed new selling markets. In 1842, already 140,000 bottles of Kessler were produced. When Henry Georgii left the company in October 1852, he transferred his shares over to Carl Weiss and Gustav Stitz. On 1st August 1866, August Weiss, born in 1832, took over the business of his father in the company Kessler. Stitz retired in 1876, handing over his business to his nephew Gustav Stitz. In October 1895, the grand child of Carl Weiss, Rudolf, who was born in 1871, entered the Kessler company. In 1902, August Weiss retired and left his shares with his son Rudolf. Two years later Gustav Stitz died, Rudolf Weiss paid the heirs and became the only owner of the sparkling wine cellars of Kessler. The House Kessler is still in the hands of the Weiss-Family, now in the fifth generation. The Family's business survived even in small war- and after war times. The quality of the Kessler products, which are produced by being fermented in the bottle, is undefeated. Kessler products are: Golden - the standard product of the house; Rosé - dry, characteristically, ripe and spicy sparkling wine, mainly consumed by men; Cabinet - possibly the oldest sparkling wine product sold on the German market; Cabinet Red - fully round, volume-rich, red sparkling wine; Cabinet Sionon - fine chosen sparkling wine, excellent for people suffering from diabetics; Hunter's Green - made from Riesling grapes of famous German areas; Extra Cuvée - fine, smooth female-favoured sparkling wine; Ancient Bitter Extra Dry - Cuvée made from Saar -Riesling Wine, bitter and characteristically, "Hochgewachs" (tall growing plant) - the classical top-product of the House , made from French wines with a very fine Mousseux; Ayler Kupp Riesling - sparkling wine made from wine of famous areas at the river Saar; Neckarhalde-Riesling - sparkling wine with vintages of the Kessler's own vineyards in Esslingen; Eilfinger Berg Riesling (Eilfinger's Hill Riesling) - made from wines of the Duke's cellar of Wurttemberg. The newest creation by Kessler is Ultra Brut. This sparkling wine is totally made without dosage. Such a product needs very good basic wines, only if they are first priority wines, will you set the right product. Kessler mainly uses Chardonnay-wines to produce Ultra Brut.

Kiwi
Kiwis have got a browny, hairy skin; green pulp with black seeds and a high amount of vitamin C. Originally this tropical climber comes from China, and is mainly growing in Asien countries today, as well as in Japan, New Zealand and California, but it is also growing in Russia, France, Italia and Spain. Fresh fruits are used for decoration of Cobblers and Claret Cups/ punch.

Kratzbeeren
Is another word for blackberry.

Kroatzbeeren
Is another word for blackberry.

Krug
The history of the company starts with Johann-Joseph Krug, who lived in Mainz, Germany. In 1834, he joined the famous Champagne company Jacquesson et Fils in Châlous-sur-Marne. Seven years later, he married the English Emma Ann Jannay, whose sister Louisa was married to the champagne producer Adolph Jacquesson. 1843 is the official date of the foundation of Krug & Co. At that time Johann-Joseph Krug moved to Reims. He started together with a partner to produce champagne on own responsibility. At the beginning the production took place in rented cellars in Rue Saint Hilaire. Johann-Joseph Krug had a special gift in composing wines his landlord appreciated, and so Krug produced special " Cuvées " for him. The founder of the company died in 1866; his only son Paul took over the business. The buildings, which are still the company's office today, were built under his leadership in Rue Coquebert in 1874. Joseph Krug II started the third generation of the company in 1893. After the death of his father in 1910, he took over the management of the business. During World War I, Joseph Krug II was wounded badly and he was imprisoned afterwards. His wife successfully ran the business for him until he returned. Today the company is run by Henry and Rémi Krug. Their father Paul Krug II, who has run the company for nearly 20 years, helped them with his knowledge and experience after he retired. 55 % of the yearly production of about 500,000 bottles is sold to other countries, main customers are France, Italy, England, Germany, Belgium, US, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Krug started business in Germany in 1966. Looking at the amount of production, Krug belongs to the smaller champagne producer, making only 1 % of all sold champagne products on the market. But the quality and reputation of Krug Champagne makes it one of the leading products. Krug only offers two types of Champagne: Grande Cuvée and Millesimé - Vintage Champagne. Both belong to the category of " Cuvées de Prestige", (also known as " Cuvées Speciales"). The Cuvéeof Grande Cuvée, which is famous for its nobleness, its lightness and character in the world, is composed from 40 to 50 wines of six to nine different vintages coming from excellent areas. Its elegance and freshness mainly comes from the wines made from white Chardonnay-grapes. Krug Millésimé: A vintage wine having such a good quality and coming from the Champagne is a sign of an extra special harvest, that cannot be reached every year. A summer with a lot of sun is the best condition to get beautiful and heavy grapes, which will be pressed to sugar rich cider containing the right acidity. Only such a quality can be used to produce Cuvée Missesimeé, which is mixed with 20 further different top wines of the same vintage. At the beginning the bouquet is not fine enough yet, it is reached in the Krug cellars by a storage time of years. The last Krug products were produced of vintages 1953, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973. Since November 1981, the vintage 1975 was available.

Kumquat
Is another writing of Cumquat.