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  • in Fruits, Pruning

    How to Train and Prune a Fruit Tree

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    Young fruit trees require early training. It is best to begin training a fruit tree as soon as it is planted. Young tree training is best continued for the first three or four years of the tree’s life. Training a fruit tree includes staking, pruning, and branch spreading. All of these will help create a […] More

  • in Citrus Fruits, Fruits, Prepare

    Ways to Serve Grapefruit

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    Grapefruits in general are dived into natural types: there are common white or yellow-fleshed grapefruits, and there are pigmented or pale pink to ruby red grapefruits. There are also seeded and seedless grapefruits. Beyond flesh color and seeds, you can generally say that seeded grapefruits are more flavorful than seedless. Grapefruits have a sharper flavor […] More

  • in Fruits, Prepare, Tropical Fruits

    Ways to Serve Pineapple Guava – Feijoa

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    A flavor somewhere between pineapple and strawberry: this is how you might describe the pineapple guava, also called feijoa (fay-YOH-ah). Feijoa or pineapple guava is a fruit shrub native to South America. This is a high-altitude South American native that has an oval fruit about 3 inches (7 cm) long. It has a granular cream-colored […] More

  • in Fruits, Prepare, Stone Fleshy Fruits

    From Harvest to Table: 8 Delicious Pluot Serving Ideas

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    You only need to list a few of the varietal names of pluots—’Flavor King’, ‘Flavor Queen’, ‘Flavor Prince’, ‘Flavor Supreme’, ‘Flavor Heart’, ‘Flavorosa’, ‘Flavorella’, ‘Flavor Grenade’—to understand the most outstanding attribute of these hybrids between plums and apricots. Pluots have the same smooth skin as plums but are generally larger. Like plums, their skins and […] More

  • in Fruits, Prepare, Stone Fleshy Fruits

    Ways to Serve Cherries

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    Cherry season is short and sweet. Well, the sweet cherry season is short and sweet, and the sour cherry season is short and tart. Put the two seasons together and you can enjoy about four months of fresh cherries each year: sweet cherries for eating out of hand and using in fruits salads, compotes, custards, […] More

  • in Fruits, Prepare, Tropical Fruits

    Ways to Serve Mango

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    Fannie Farmer’s cookbook has been around since 1896. It gets to the essence of mango preparation when it suggests: “Cut in half lengthwise and remove the stone. Eat with a spoon.” The mango—many would say–is the world’s most delicious fruit. Its delicate flavor is a cross between a pear and an apricot. Or is that […] More

  • in Berries, Fruits, Prepare

    Ways to Serve Grapes

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    Table grapes are most popular for eating out of hand, but they can also be added to fruit salads or compotes and desserts on the savory side added to green salads, sauces, curries, stews, and stuffing, or served alongside poultry, fish, and seafood, and wild game. Grapes can be broadly categorized as either table grapes […] More

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    Ways to Serve Jujube

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    The jujube is about the size of an olive or small date and has the texture and crisp, sprightly flavor of an apple. You can eat the jujube fresh out of hand or you can enjoy it dried—a favorite in China—or preserved in syrup—a favorite also in China and in Korea. The jujube can also […] More

  • in Fruits, Prepare, Tropical Fruits

    Ways to Serve Pineapple

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    The flesh of the pineapple is sweet and juicy and is best eaten raw in slices, wedges, or cubes. Pineapple harvest season The peak season for pineapple is late spring to mid-summer. How to choose pineapple Select a pineapple that is plump, large, heavy for its size, and slightly soft to the touch, with fresh […] More