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Posts by Month: April, 2008

Mulberry

Mulberry (Morus) is a genus of 10 - 16 species of deciduous trees native to warm, ...

Mango

The mango is a tropical fruit of the mango tree. Mangos belong to the genus Mangif...

lemons and Limes

The lemon (Citrus × limon) is a hybrid in cultivated wild plants. It is the common...

Kiwifuit

The kiwifruit (or kiwi) is the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine ...

Hazelnut

The Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) is a species of hazel native to Europe and wes...

Grapefruit

The grapefruit is a subtropical citrus tree grown for its fruit which was original...

Grapes

A grape is the non-climacteric fruit that grows on the perennial and deciduous woo...

Gooseberry

The gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa (syn. R. grossularia) is a species of Ribes, nativ...

Fig

Ficus is a genus of about 800 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, an...

Elderberry

Sambucus (Elder or Elderberry) is a genus of between 5 and 30 species of shrubs or...

Date

The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the genus Phoenix, extensively cu...

Kumquat

The kumquats or cumquats are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the genus For...

Clementine, Mandarin, and Tangerines

A Clementine is the fruit of a variety of mandarin (Citrus reticulata), named in 1...

Chestnut

Chestnut (Castanea), including chinkapin, is a genus of eight or nine species of d...

Growing Cabbage

Cabbage is a hardy vegetable that grows especially well in fertile soils. There ar...

Cherries

The word cherry refers to a fleshy fruit (drupe) that contains a single stony seed...

cantaloupe

Cantaloupe (also cantaloup) refers to two varieties of muskmelon (Cucumis melo), w...

Cape Gooseberry

The genus Physalis, of the family Solanaceae, includes annual and perennial herbs ...

Blueberry

Blueberries are flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium, sect. Cyanococcus. The sp...

Black and Red Currant

The Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) is a species of Ribes berry native to central and ...

Blackberries

The blackberries (singular, blackberry; genus Rubus, subgenus Eubatus; also called...

Bilberry

Bilberry is a name given to several species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vac...

Banana

Banana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus ...

Avocado

The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to Mexico, Central America, and Gu...

Apricot

The Apricot (Prunus armeniaca, "Armenian plum" in Latin, syn. Armeniaca vulgaris L...

Apple

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the...

Turnips

The turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in tempera...

Truffle

Truffles, name not to be confused with the Chocolate truffle, are a group of valua...

Sweet Corn

Sweet corn (Zea mays var. rugosa), also called sweetcorn, sugar corn, or simply co...

Squash

Squashes generally refer to four species of the genus Cucurbita native to the New ...

Spinach

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. I...

SilverBeet (chard)

Chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla), also known as Swiss Chard, Silverbeet, Perpetual...

Shallot

The term Shallot is used to describe two different Allium species of plant. The Fr...

Sea Kale

Seakale is a halophytic perennial plant that grows wild along the coasts of Europe...

Samphire

Samphire is a name given to a number of very different, edible plants, that happen...

Salsify

The Goatsbeards or Salsifies are the genus Tragopogon of flowering plants within t...

Rutabaga

The swede, or (yellow) turnip (Brassica napobrassica, or Brassica napus var. napob...

Garden Rocket (Eruca sativa)

Eruca sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell., Brassica eruca L.) ...

Rhubarb

Rheum is a genus of perennial plants that grow from thick short rhizomes. The genu...

Radish

The radish (Raphanus sativus) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae fami...

Pumpkin

Pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae...

potato

Potato is the term which applies either to the starchy tuberous root vegetable cro...