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Types of Specialty Fruit

Information about all types of specialty fruit, including nutritional information, how to select perfect fruit at the grocery store, and storage tips so you can keep them fresh until you're ready to eat them.

The flower of the Passion Fruit is believed by some to symbolize the nails and thorns of the Crucifixion. It was named by Spanish missionaries.

Specialty Fruit Varieties from A - Z

  • Black Sapote
  • Bread Fruit
  • Cherimoya
  • Kiwano
  • Passion Fruit
  • Persimmon
  • Pomegranate
  • Prickly Pear
  • Quince
  • Tamarillo

Specialty Fruit Tips and Trivia

  • The persimmons tree is a large member of the ebony family and produces one of the hardest woods known which is ideal for golf clubs.
  • Known to the ancients, pomegranates were cultivated in the Near East and North Africa, eventually winning the greatest favor in France.
  • Cherimoya was described by Mark Twain as, "deliciousness itself."
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