• Raspberry

  idaeus and R. strigosus. The fruit of the raspberry plant is red, tasty and sweet but tart-flavoured. Raspberries are a seasonal fruit and produced in summer [...] raspberries, is a red-fruited species of Rubus. This particular plant species has its origins in Europe and northern Asia, but nowadays the fruit is being extensively [...] However, red-fruited cultivated raspberries, even those from North America, usually derive from Rubus idaeus or horticultural derivatives of hybrids of R. idaeus

• Eggplant

  species of nightshade and is widely produced for its tasty fruit. In North America and Australia the fruit is called eggplant and in South Africa and Southeast [...] is known as brinjal. The eggplant is a member of the genus Solanum and is thus related to the tomato and potato. Botanically speaking however, the eggplant [...] eggplant is classified as a berry. The fruit contains many small and soft seeds. These seeds taste rather bitter, because they contain nicotinoid alkaloids

• Orange

  it comes to the fruit of various kinds of oranges, the fruit of the Citrus X sinensis is regarded as a sweet orange, while the fruit of the Citrus X aurantium [...] The orange and in particular the sweet orange is the fruit that derives from the citrus species Citrus X sinensis that belongs to the family of Rutaceae [...] oranges, blood/pigmented oranges and acid less oranges. The orange is a hybrid and derives from pomelo ( Citrus maxima ) and mandarin ( Citrus reticulata )

• Pear

  species that originates in central and eastern Europe and southwest Asia. The pear tree belongs to the family of Rosaceae and sub family of Pomoideae , together [...] tree and cultivated for its fruit. The tree grows small, white flowers (about 2.5 cm or 1 inch in diameter) and produces a pyriform, fleshy fruit. Pear [...] together with the apple and quince. The genus Pyrus consists of around 22 species, which are grown in Asia, Europe and northern Africa. The European or common

• Apricot

  is the name of a fruit or the tree that produces this particular fruit. There are various species that belong to the genus Prunus (stone fruit). A regular [...] peach (1.5-2.5 cm or 0.6-1.0 cm in diameter, some cultivars are larger) and its colour varies from yellow to orange, and is often a bit reddish on the side [...] the species P. sibirica, P. mume, P. mandshurica and P. brigantina are very similar as are their fruit; they are also named apricots. The apricot is a drupe

• Melon

  can be any one of several plants belonging to the family of Cucurbitaceae . The melon plant produces a usually sweet and edible, fleshy fruit. The term "melon" [...] "melon" is used for the plant, but also to identify the fruit. Botanically speaking, the melon (the fruit) is actually a berry, or more specifically even, a [...] produced on a commercial scale, especially muskmelons. The most common species of melon are: Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus ) Muskmelon ( C. melo

• Blackberry

  blackberry is an edible fruit that originates from a wide range of species belonging to the genus Rubus that is part of the family of Rosaceae , but also from [...] from hybrids within the Rubus subgenus, and hybrids between the Rubus and Idaeobatus subgenera. The blackberry is actually not a berry botanically speaking [...] speaking. It is a so-called aggregate fruit that consists of small kernels.

• Tomato

  nightshade family of Solanaceae . The tomato is the edible fruit of this plant. The plant is native to Central and South America and the tropical highlands [...] year in temperate climate, but in greenhouses they can sometimes sustain up to three years. A great number of tomato varieties is now cultivated in temperate [...] plants usually grow to a height of between 1-3 metres (or 3-10 feet). Their stem is not so strong, so if not supported (like in a greenhouse) the stem often

• Peach

  There is was first domesticated and cultivated for its fruit. The description ‘persica’ refers to the popularity of the tree in Persia when it was introduced [...] apricot, almond and plum) and the rose family. Together with the almond, the peach also belongs to the subgenus Amygdalus , because of its hard and corrugated [...] introduced there. The tree’s fruit is usually sweet and juicy and it is called peach or nectarine. The peach belongs to the genus Prunus (just like the cherry

• Avocado

  Commercially speaking, avocados are very valuable and the fruit is produced in tropical and Mediterranean regions. Avocados ripen only after they are harvested [...] is green-skinned and fleshy and its shape resembles a pear or (large) egg. The avocado tree belongs to the flowering plant family of Lauraceae . Commercially [...] also named ‘alligator pear’ is a tree originating in South Central Mexico. Its nick name points to its fruit which is botanically speaking a large berry with