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17 Sep

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General Information  The lychee is the most renowned of a group of edible fruits of the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It is botanically designated Litchi chinensis Sonn. (Nephelium litchi Cambess). The lychee...

17 Sep

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General Information  Loquat fruits, growing in clusters, are oval, rounded or pear-shaped, 1 to 2 inches long with a smooth or downy, yellow or orange, sometimes red-blushed skin. The succulent, tangy...

17 Sep

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General Information  Closely allied to the glamorous lychee, in the family Sapindaceae, the longan has been referred to as the "little brother of the lychee", or li-chihnu, "slave of the lychee"....

17 Sep

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General Information  Limequats are slightly larger than the size of a kumquat, with a more rounded shape. The skin will transition from a warm yellow-green to a lemon yellow with hints...

17 Sep

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General Information  Kumquats have been called "the little gems of the citrus family". They were included in the genus Citrus until about 1915 when Dr. Walter T. Swingle set them apart...

17 Sep

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General Information  This curious looking melon houses a light green, translucent, jelly-like meat that has a cucumber/lime flavor. It can be served halved or the meat can be combined with other...

17 Sep

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General Information  About the size of an egg, kiwifruit is wrapped in a russet-brown thin skin with short rather stiff hairs. The kaleidoscope-like almost glistening emerald green firm pulp is dotted...

17 Sep

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General Information The following is from an extraordinary book by Kasma Loha-unchit, It Rains Fishes: Legends, Traditions and the Joys of Thai Cooking, published by Pomegranate Artbooks, 1995.   Both the exceptionally fragrant...

17 Sep

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General Information  Hachiya persimmons are rounded, slightly elongated and acorn-shaped, coming to a blunted point at their non-stem end. When fully ripe the fruits are a beautiful deep orange. Another indicator...

17 Sep

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General Information  The golden passionfruit has a round, egg-like shape and thick yellow skin, oftentimes tinged with spots of lime green. The interior of its rind has soft creamy white walls and...