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apple
Malus domestica is the name of one the most popular and cultivated tree fruit in the world. The tree has a medium size and it is deciduous. It reaches 5-12 m tall and has a dense crown. The leaves are simple, oval shaped with approximate dimensions of 5'12 cm long and 3.6 cm broad. Flowers and budding of the leaves are produced simultaneously in spring. |
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asian pear
Asian pears look like large, greenish-brown apples. They are quite crisp and have less of a pear flavor than other pears. They are in limited supply, and usually more expensive. |
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atemoya
Atemoyais a delicous dessert fruit. It has a cream colored flesh with the flavor and texture of a vanilla or fruit custard. and practically free of fat. |
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banana
The banana is the fruit of a pseudo stem plant, grown from an approximately 7 m high corm. The plant was domesticated in Southeastern Asia and archaeological discoveries have shown that cultivation of the wild variety dated since 500 BC. The fruit can be very tasty when ripe and eaten raw, but it is also a common ingredient in some cuisines as unripe fruits. The texture varies from firm to mushy while the taste is sweet when ripe (that is when than color is bright yellow, sometimes even purple or red) and starchy when unripe (the color may seem greenish). |
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blueberry
Blueberries are native only to North America and they are known all over the world for their great taste and color. The shrub’s height varies depending on the species (from 10 cm to 4 m tall). The berries are small, spherical with an indigo color when ripening. There are at least 15 species of blueberries all over the world and the most famous are New Jersey, Chatsworth and Maryland. Regions like Ontario, Quebec, Maine (which produces more than 25% of the blueberries in North America) and British Columbia are known for their special wild blueberries jam. |
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cactus pear
Prickly pear cacti typically grow with flat, rounded platyclades that are armed with two kinds of spines; large, smooth, fixed spines and small, hairlike spines called glochids that easily penetrate skin and detach from the plant. Many types of prickly pears grow into dense, tangled structures. |
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cranberry
Cranberries are low, creeping shrubs or vines up to 2 m long and 5 to 20 cm in height;[1] they have slender, wiry stems that are not thickly woody and have small evergreen leaves. The flowers are dark pink, with very distinct reflexed petals, leaving the style and stamens fully exposed and pointing forward. They are pollinated by domestic honey bees. The fruit is an epigynous berry that is larger than the leaves of the plant; it is initially white, but turns a deep red when fully ripe. It is edible, with an acidic taste that can overwhelm its sweetness. |
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feijoa
Feijoa is an egg-shaped, egg-sized green fruit. It looks like a kiwi. They are grown today New Zealand and California
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grape
There are two basic types of grapes, American and European.
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guava
Guava can be white-fleshed or red-fleshed. They can have a white, yellow, or red skin. The taste is sweet to sour.
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lychee
Once stripped of their nubbly reddish-brown shells, these lychees look like large white grapes, each with a single large, glossy seed within its pale flesh. They have a sweet, flowery fragrance and flavor.
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mandarin
The Mandarin orange is but one variety of the orange family. The mandarin has many names, some of which actually refer to crosses between the mandarin and another citrus fruit. Most canned mandarins are of the Mikan variety (derived from migan in Chinese), of which there are over 200 cultivars. One of the more well-known mikan cultivars is the "Owari", which ripens during the late fall season in the Northern Hemisphere. Clementines, however, have displaced mikans in many markets, and are becoming the most important commercial mandarin variety.
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orange
Choose firm, heavy for their size, evenly shaped, smooth oranges. Smaller ones are sweeter. Avoid bruises and soft spots.
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papaya
At the papayas center is a large cavity containing dozens of small, glistening seeds, which are edible and can be used as a garnish. The seeds have a spicy flavor similar to black pepper.
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peach
The peach (桃 in Chinese) (Prunus persica) is known as a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach. It is a deciduous tree growing to 5'10 m tall, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It is classified with the almond in the subgenus Amygdalus within the genus Prunus, distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated seed shell.
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pumpkin
Pumpkins generally weigh 9 - 18 lbs (4 - 8 kg) with the largest (of the species C. maxima) capable of reaching a weight of over 75 lbs (34 kg).[8] The pumpkin varies greatly in shape, ranging from oblate through oblong. The rind is smooth and usually lightly ribbed.[8] Although pumpkins are usually orange or yellow, some fruits are dark green, pale green, orange-yellow, white, red and gray.
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sapote
Malus domestica is the name of one the most popular and cultivated tree fruit in the world. The tree has a medium size and it is deciduous. It reaches 5-12 m tall and has a dense crown. The leaves are simple, oval shaped with approximate dimensions of 5'12 cm long and 3.6 cm broad. Flowers and budding of the leaves are produced simultaneously in spring.
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starfruit
Look for large, plump, firm, crispy, shiny, well-shaped starfruit. Unripe green fruit can be ripened at room temperature into a glowing gold. Avoid brown spots or excessively green fruit.
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yuzu
Yuzu is the most cold resistant citrus fruit. Yuzu starts as a lime color and ripens to yellow.
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