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April 25 - The Passion Fruit:

Good-quality passion fruit has very old-looking skin. The underlying shell remains hard, but the skin will be brown, shriveled and may even have spots of mold on it. Avoid product that is soft. Mold is okay - it can be wiped off.

Passion fruit is available February to July from New Zealand; May to July from Florida; and July to March from California.

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.

OASIS has much more information on specialty fruits.

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