Obscure Fruits

Obscure Fruits. Miss cellania • monday, august 9, 2010 at 9:43 am. That's the subject of today's lunchtime quiz at mental_floss.

Five unusual fruits and how to use them — Nutmegs, seven
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See more of disproportionate and obscure fruit. Chaucer referenced the fruit, and so did shakespeare (in several of his plays, the fruit becomes a graphic metaphor). In china, the four most renowned pear varieties are:

I have a theory that most obscure fruits are obscure because they aren't as distinctive and delicious as the contemporary common fruits.

It's a labour of love, but this rare fruit can be harnessed for good. The actual fruit is a red pulp that weiss says is filled with antioxidants. Fruit that's already fallen is good to eat too, but the fall always bruises the flesh; It's a labour of love, but this rare fruit can be harnessed for good.