Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed either naturally, through sun drying, or through the use of specialized dryers or dehydrators. Today, dried fruit consumption is widespread. Nearly half of the dried fruits sold are raisins, followed by dates, prunes, figs, apricots, peaches, apples and pears. … Read more
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants formed from the ovary after flowering. In common language usage, “fruit” normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of a plant that are sweet or sour, and edible in the raw state, such as apples, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries. Many botanical fruits are … Read more
Nectarine is a smooth-skinned peach of the family Rosaceae. It distinguish from the peach in aroma, skin texture, and flavor, but they resemble peach color, size and shape of seed. The expression of a recessive allele is thought to be responsible for the smooth skin of nectarine fruits, which lack the fuzzy trichomes (plant hairs) … Read more
Gooseberries are small, round to oval berries. They are found in the Northern Hemisphere. Gooseberries are native to Europe, the Caucasus and northern Africa. They are sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in North America. Gooseberries are extremely hardy and are grown almost as far north as the Arctic Circle. They thrive in moist, heavy clay … Read more
In everyday English, a berry is any small edible fruit. Berries are usually juicy, round, brightly colored, sweet or sour, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples are strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, redcurrants, blackcurrant, huckleberries, bilberries and bearberries. In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit … Read more
The coconut is the fruit of the coconut tree, a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae). Botanically, the coconut is classified as a fruit – more specifically, it is a drupe. Drupes are more commonly called stone fruits. Other stone fruits include peaches and nectarines; blackberries and raspberries are drupes comprised of aggregates of … Read more
The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the Asian or Japanese persimmon, Diospyros kaki. It is native to China, where it has been cultivated for centuries and more than two thousand different cultivars exist. It spread to Korea … Read more
Huckleberry, any of several species of small fruit-bearing shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia (family Ericaceae). Huckleberries are found throughout eastern North America and the Andes and other mountainous regions of South America. They grow wild on subalpine slopes, forests, bogs and lake basins. The small, round berries resemble blueberries. In fact, in some parts of … Read more
Bilberry is a European berry shrub that is related to the blueberry, huckleberry, and bearberry plants that grow in the United States. It is found in woods and on heaths, chiefly in hilly districts of Great Britain, northern Europe, and Asia. Bilberries have been part of the human diet for thousands of years. They spread … Read more