Archive for November, 2009

Canarium indicum or Canarium is a nut bearing tree native to PNG, Eastern Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and particularly distributed and common in the latter two countries. The fruit and nut are edible. Nuts are eaten fresh, roasted or smoked. They might be consumed as a snack food or added into different cooked dishes. The ground kernel of Canarium nut can be used as a topping on ice cream.

Cudrania tricuspidata or Che is a deciduous, temperate or sub tropical, fruit bearing tree, native to China, Japan and Korea. Fruit is edible and resembles a mulberry. It is eaten fresh when soft-ripe and can be flavorsome and deliciously sweet.

Diospyros kaki, commonly known as Persimmon and Fuji fruit, is a deciduous, fruit bearing tree, native to Japan and China. Fruit is edible, bright orange when mature, with a thin skin and an orange soft, gelatin like flesh, when ripe.

Prickly Pear Fruit is edible, sweet, with bright red, purplish, white or yellowish flesh that contains many tiny hard seeds. Fruit is generally eaten fresh or used in juices with a taste akin to a juicy extra sweet watermelon.

Asimina triloba or American Pawpaw is a deciduous fruit bearing tree or large shrub native to Eastern North America, Fruit is edible, fragrant with a soft flesh. It is eaten fresh or cooked made into preserves, pies, ice cream and various other desserts.

Garcinia humilis or Achacha is a fruit bearing tree indigenous to tropical rain-forests of Amazonian Bolivia. Fruit are roundish to pear-shaped berries with a pearly-white flesh and delicate subtle sweetness.

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  • olive grove

    olive grove
  • Growing Fruit and Nut Trees At Home

    Growing Fruit and Nut Trees at Home is a Great Introduction to Productive and Sustainable Gardening and a Wonderful Way to Get Children Interested in Plants and Nature.

  • black walnut

    black walnut
  • Successful Fruit and Nut Production

    The Key to Successful Fruit and Nut Production is the Provision of a Beneficial Environment for the Trees that Bear them.

  • Sustainable Garden

    A Sustainable Garden with Fruit Trees, Nut Trees and Other Fruit Bearing Plants is a Fulfilling, Meaningful and Worthy Undertaking.

  • flowering almond tree

    flowering almond tree
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