An apricot has 17 calories, and a plum has about 30, so I don't think a pluot would have more than 30 calories. That's pretty small for something sweet and delicious. They're also low in sodium and fat-free.
Rhodesia was known as the breadbasket of Africa, exporting wheat, tobacco, and corn to the rest of the continent and beyond. Rhodesia contained the most fertile farmland on the continent.
During Tsarist times, the Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire were referred to as the Empire's breadbasket. During the Soviet era, the mantle passed to the Ukrainian SSR. There is also the Central Black Earth Region within Russia proper.