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The familiar garden strawberry belongs to the rose family, but its red edible portion is not a berry in the botanical sense. Fragaria × ananassa is a cultivated hybrid that arose in Europe through crosses between the North American Fragaria virginiana and the Chilean Fragaria chiloensis. The fleshy...

A small secondary fruit at the blossom end gives the Washington Navel Orange its recognizable navel. This sweet-orange cultivar generally produces large, seedless fruit with a bright orange rind, making it particularly useful for fresh eating. Its history traces to a natural mutation in Bahia, Brazi...

Small edible fruits distinguish Fragaria vesca from the larger garden strawberries commonly sold in shops. Known as wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, or alpine strawberry, this perennial member of the rose family has a broad native distribution across the Northern Hemisphere. Its fruit develops...

Crenshaw is a large muskmelon developed from Casaba and Persian melon types. It generally has a tapered shape, a wrinkled yellow to yellow-green rind, and dense salmon-pink flesh with a notably sweet, aromatic flavor. The fruit is normally eaten fresh and appeals to gardeners and melon buyers seekin...

Orange-flesh honeydew is a type of muskmelon distinguished from familiar green-fleshed honeydew by its orange interior. Like other honeydew melons, it generally has a smooth rind rather than the strongly netted surface associated with many cantaloupes, while its flesh color reflects carotenoid pigme...

Rubus × neglectus, commonly called the purple raspberry, is a hybrid involving the red raspberry and the black raspberry within the rose family, Rosaceae. It forms perennial root systems with biennial fruiting canes and produces aggregate fruits that mature to a dark reddish purple. Its fruit and gr...

Lemonade fruit is a citrus hybrid of lemon and mandarin that is believed to have originated in Australia. It is distinguished by its relatively low acidity compared to conventional lemons, producing a flavor often described as lemonade-like. The fruit's thin, smooth rind and juicy, mildly sweet pulp...

A small oval heirloom melon with cream-colored skin and sweet white flesh, classified among casaba or winter melon types and noted for its relatively long storage life.

The Canary melon is a muskmelon (Cucumis melo) with bright yellow, slightly wrinkled rind and pale ivory to white flesh. Its flavor is mild and sweet, with lower aroma intensity than many orange-fleshed cantaloupes. It is widely cultivated in Spain and shipped to markets in Europe and North America,...

The Green Flesh Honeydew is a classic American variety of winter melon known for its smooth, creamy-white rind and sweet interior. As the standard honeydew type, it has been grown commercially across the United States since the early 20th century. The melon yields pale green flesh that is both juicy...