Physalis fruits
Chinese lantern: A tiny, yellow, sweet, tomatolike fruit coated with a papery skin.
Tomatillo: A green, tart, tomatolike fruit, also covered with a papery husk.
Raspberry: A red, very sweet, oblong fruit from a bush that grows in cold climates.
Strawberry: A pointed red berry that has a distinct taste and grows on low shrubs.
Alpine: A white variety that’s not as sweet as the traditional strawberry.
Hot boy: A very crimson berry with a tart bite.
Red gauntlet: A large red variety with a high sugar content.
Scarlet: A dark red, very sweet, medium-sized berry.
White: A tiny white to yellow berry.
Wild: A miniature berry with little flavor that grows in small clusters in the shade.
Tayberry: A very sweet and mild berry also known as the thimbleberry.
BREADFRUIT: A round, scaly fruit that tastes like bread pudding when eaten very ripe.
CACAO: Food of the gods. Cacao pods, ranging in color from yellow to purple and resembling a papaya in shape, contain both a sweet white pulp
and a number of small seeds. The seeds, when dried and roasted, are the source of chocolate.
CAROB: Carob pods are nature’s candy bars: they taste like chocolate-covered caramel. The seeds are as hard as rocks, so remove them before
eating or navigate around them carefully.
CHERRIES
Barbados: A small black cherry with a large seed.
Bing: A very tangy cherry.
Dukes: A large black cherry with a rich taste.
Early Rivers: A red cherry that is quite sweet.
Surinam: A small, light red, sour cherry shaped like a small pumpkin.
CITRUS, SOUR
Calamondin: A tiny, very sour orange.
Citron: A medium-sized yellow fruit with lemony flavor.
Kumquat: A small orange fruit with a sweet and sour flavor.
Lemon: A sour fruit with golden juice and skin.
Ugli fruit: A rough-skinned version of the lemon.
Meyer lemon: A sweeter and juicier lemon.
Limes
Green: A green-skinned fruit with sour flavor and sweet undertones.
Kaffir: A small pear-shaped lime, whose leaves, which are uniquely shaped like two leaves joined end to end, are often used in
Asian cuisine.