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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.

Tiny: A small, round, yellow to green lime.


Yellow: A yellow-orange variety.


Orangequat: A sour orange with mild flavor.


CITRUS, SWEET

Grapefruits


Pink grapefruit: A slightly more sour version of the red.


Pomelo: A very large and thick-skinned grapefruit.


Ruby red: A red-fleshed, very sweet variety of grapefruit.


Oranges


Blood: A red-and-orange-skinned, very sweet fruit.


Clementine: A tangy and juicy orange.


Mandarin: A tangy and tart orange.


Mineola: A very juicy sweet orange.


Navel: A very round and mild orange.


Satsuma: A small Asian variety with a tangy aftertaste.


Seville: A sweet golden-fleshed variety.


Sour: A sour version of the navel orange.

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