"varietal. However, planting of new vines has steadily declined. In some areas of France the grape is now extinct. According to international wine guru and Master of Wine, Jancis Robinson, Alicante Bouschet is thought to have found its true home in Portugal's Alentejo where it was first planted at Herdade do Mouchão in the late 1800s. Widely planted across the Alentejo wine region today (having grown exponentially in popularity from the late 1990s) it is frequently expensive, surpassing the quality and personality of other noble varieties. These top-end wines are prized for their 'size', dense colour and phenolic content. In"
"Because of its altitude (elevation 1,629 m), Chã is blessed with milder temperatures and greater precipitation than surrounding areas. Products in the caldera include fruits (apples, grapes, quince fruit, pomegranate, figs, peaches and tomatoes) and vegetables (beans, corn, potatoes, yams, manioc, and peppers) for local consumption and commercial production. The Associação buys excess fruit from the local farmers and turns it into white, red, rosé, and passito wine (label “""Chã""”); grape (""grappa""), apple, quince, and peach spirits (label “""Espírito da Caldeira""”); apple, quince, and peach marmalade; grape, fig, and quince compotes; apple and pomegranate jelly; and pomegranate and grape juice"
"Nacional, Traminette, Trebbiano, Vespolina, Vidal blanc, Vignoles (Ravat 51), Villard blanc, Villard noir, Viognier, Vranec, Zinfandel, and Zweigelt. Other fruit: açaí berries, almonds, apples, apricots, Asian pears, bananas, beach plums, black currants, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, dandelions, honey (mead), kiwifruit, limes, mangoes, nectarines, peaches, pears, pineapples, plums, pomegranates, pumpkins, raspberries, strawberries, sugar plums, and watermelons. Today, New Jersey is ranked seventh in the nation in total wine production behind California, New York, Washington, Oregon, Kentucky and Florida. However, New Jersey's production is minuscule compared to California's wine industry which produces 89.5% of the country's total production. In 2010, 1.72 million"
"Clementine del Golfo di Taranto The Clementine is a citrus hybrid between the willowleaf mandarine (Citrus x deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus x sinensis). According to some sources, it was discovered for the first time in the garden of the orphanage of Brother Marie-Clément in the late 19th century in Misserghin, Algeria and so formally named in 1902. Other sources have attributed a more ancient origin in China because of the similarity with some fruit native to the provinces of Guangxi and Guangdong even though these are mandarin hybrids. The Clementines of the Gulf of Taranto PGI (""Clementine del"
"and St. Lucia), Higuera (Puerto Rico), Rum tree (Sri Lanka) Ugba, Duma and Igba (Nigeria). The fruit, called Jícara, Bule, Tecomate, Guaje, Morro or Huacal in Mexico, is used to make small vessels for serving or drinking. In Western and Southern Africa it is also used for decoration and musical instruments. The tree shares its common name with that of the vine calabash, or bottle gourd, ""Lagenaria siceraria""). http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/10/planet-calabash/ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/the-art-of-calabash-decoration-in-nigeria/ Crescentia cujete Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the Calabash Tree, is species of flowering plant that is native to Central, South America, West Africa and South Africa. It is the"
"citrus among those studied. Of these, seven were native to Asia: pomelo (""Citrus maxima""), the 'pure' mandarins (""C. reticulata"" - most mandarin cultivars were hybrids of this species with pomelo), citrons (""C. medica""), micranthas (""C. micrantha""), the Ichang papeda (""C. ichangensis""), the mangshanyegan (""C. mangshanensis""), and the oval (Nagami) kumquat (""Fortunella margarita"" or ""C. japonica"" var. ""margarita""). In Australia three were identified: the desert lime (""C. glauca""), round lime (""C. australis"") and the finger lime (""C. australasica""). Many other cultivars previously identified as species were found to be closely related variants (subspecies or varieties) or hybrids of these species, though"
"In 1948 Dutch immigrants founded a cooperative in Holambra, a city that still hosts flower production. Since 2000 the Program of Development of Flowers and Ornamental Plants of the Ministry of Agriculture began. The largest producer is São Paulo state, followed by Santa Catarina, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Ceará, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Goiás, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Amazonas and Pará. The main fruits grown in Brazil are, in alphabetical order: Abiu, açaí, acerola, alligator-apple, apple, atemoya, bacaba, bacuri, banana, biriba, blueberry, brazil plum, brazil nut, breadfruit, cajá, camu camu, cantaloupe, cashew, citrus (orange, lemon, lime, etc.),"
"a constant sea-breeze. The citrus plantations are spread among the villages of Massafra, Statte, Palagianello, Castellaneta, Ginosa and Palagiano where every year a Clementines Festival is held. At Christmas, it is very common in Apulia to play a traditional version of the tombola. Especially when the children play it with relatives, it is typical to use some pieces of the peel of the clementines to cover the numbers that have been already announced. Consortium: Consorzio Agrumicoltori Tarantini, Palagiano (Taranto) Clementine del Golfo di Taranto The Clementine is a citrus hybrid between the willowleaf mandarine (Citrus x deliciosa) and a sweet"
"Giant granadilla The giant granadilla, barbadine (Trinidad), grenadine (Haiti), giant tumbo or badea (), ටං ටිං (), Passiflora quadrangularis, produces the largest fruit of any species within the genus ""Passiflora"". It is a perennial native to the Neotropics, having smooth, cordate, ovate or acuminate leaves; petioles bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an emetic and narcotic root; scented flowers; and a large, oblong fruit, containing numerous seeds, embedded in a subacid edible pulp. The badea is sometimes grown in greenhouses. The fruits of several other species of Passiflora are eaten. ""P. laurifolia"" is the water lemon and ""P. maliformis"" the"
"Grapefruit, Mountain Berry, Wild Cherry, Apple, Apple Blossom, Blueberry, Snow Creek Berry, Sun Peak Peach, Kiwi Strawberry, Blackberry Ridge, Tickle Pink, Pear and Berry, Peach Bellini, Lime Cosmopolitan, Salty Persimmon, Pineapple, Banana Cosmopolitan, Raspberry. Discontinued flavors include Blackberry, Raspberry Daiquiri, Strawberry Cosmopolitan, Melon Splash, Apple Passion, Orange Sunset, and Red, Lime Daiquiri, Wild Raspberry, Wild Grape, Banana Daiquiri, and Wild Island, Country Kwencher, Lemon, Blueberry Hill, Fiesta Strawberry, Melon Ball, Watermelon, and Strawberry Colada, Orange Pineapple, Green Apple, Tropical, and Mango Grove, Orange Hurricane, Pomegranate Cosmopolitan, and Luscious Blackberry, Wild Berry, Orange, Pomegranate, Raspberry Margarita, Grapefruit, Tangerine, Pomegranate Daiquiri. Indie"
"cedar, cutlass, doudouce, egg, Graham, Bombay, ice-cream, Julie, long, pawpaw, Peter, rose, round, spice, starch, Tommy, teen, turpentine, vert, zabrico), breadfruit, sorrel (roselle), passion fruit), watermelons, sapodilla Manilkara zapota , pommerac (Syzygium malaccense), guavas, pommecythère (Spondias dulcis), caimite (star apple), abiu, five fingers (carambola), cherries, zaboca (avocado), popoy (papaya), chenette (Melicoccus bijugatus), pineapples, oranges, Portugal (tangerines of various genetic breeding), plum (Governor, King and common variety), West Indian (Barbadian) cherry (Acerola), bananas (sikyé, silk, Gros Michel, Lacatan), barbadine (granadilla), balatá, soursop, cashews, Tamarind, Ceres (Flacourtia indica), , Cocorite (Attalea maripa), Gru-Gru-beff (Acrocomia aculeata), Fat-Pork (Chrysobalanus icaco), pears. and coconuts (several"
"""Terminalia catappa"", ""Casuarina equisetifolia"", and varieties of Ceiba like ""Ceiba pentandra"", ""Hura crepitans"" and ""Bombax septenatum"", ""Ficus elastica"", ""Ochroma pyramidale"", ""Erythroxylum cartagenensis"", ""Licania tomentosa"", ""Ficus religiosa"", Ficus benghalensis, Spathodea campanulata, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Samanea saman, Capparis odoratissima, Tabebuia coralibe, Gmelina arborea, Ficus nitida, Cordia sebestena, Tabebuia chrysantha, Pithecellobium lanceolatum, Kigelia pinnata, Swietenia macrophylla, Thespesia populnea, Sterculia apetala, Calophyllum mariae, Platymiscium pinnatum, Cordia bidentata, Cocos nucifera, Ficus benjamina, Guazuma ulmifolia, Albizia guachapele, Erythrina variegata, Crescentia cujete, Cassia fistula, Zyzygium cuminil, Azadirachta indica, Sapindus saponaria and varieties of palm trees like Roystonea regia and Phoenix roebelenii. Fruit trees in the area include ""mangifera"
"is a well-known member of this genus and is widely distributed in Arizona and northern Mexico. The fruit is similar to a dragon fruit. Those of ""Stenocereus gummosus"", acidic and very refreshing, are highly favored by the Seris of northwestern Mexico who call the cactus ""ziix is ccapxl"" - ""thing whose fruit is sour"". It is commonly known in Spanish as ""pitaya agria"", or by the English translation Sour Pitaya. ""S. griseus"" (Dagger Cactus) fruits, locally known as ""iguaraya"", are relished by the Wayuu from the La Guajira Peninsula of Colombia. ""Stenocereus"" are often used as ornamental plants in hot"
"of red, orange, purple, green, and white, flecked and striped and streaked with darker colors. There are six curving stamens. The stigma has three lobes. The fruit is a capsule with three valves. Alstroemeria are classified as an inferior monocot, meaning the petals are located above the ovary and the leaves are parallel. Many hybrids and at least 190 cultivars have been developed, featuring many different markings and colors, including white, yellow, orange, apricot, pink, red, purple, and lavender. The most popular and showy hybrids commonly grown today result from crosses between species from Chile (winter-growing) with species from Brazil"
"potatoes are a white flesh type and a more expensive yellow flesh type. The only commercially available native fruits native to the Andes region in general (Peru, Bolivia) are lucuma, camu camu, prickly pear, cape gooseberry, cocona, pacay (technically a legume but used as a fruit), guanabana, dragon fruit, pepino, papaya, ciruela, mammee apple, banana passionfruit, cherimoya, granadilla, moriche palm fruit, and tamarillo. Yacon, although an underground tuber, is also used as a fruit. None of the other native fruits are commercially available. From Peru, the Spanish brought back to Europe several foods that would become staples for many peoples"
"five small petals. Most of the species are dioecious with separate male and female plants, but some are monoecious. The fruit is a large berry containing numerous small seeds; in most species, the fruit is edible. In particular, this genus is known for the species ""Actinidia deliciosa"", the kiwifruit or Chinese gooseberry, and for the hardy ornamental ""A. kolomikta"". ""Actinidia"" macrofossils have been recovered from the late Zanclean stage of Pliocene sites in Pocapaglia, Italy. The 40–60 species of ""Actinidia"" include: Kiwifruit is a cultivar group of ""A. deliciosa"", and hardy kiwi is the species ""Actinidia arguta"", which has small"
"coconut, cupuaçu, fig, guava, grapes, jambo, jocote, kiwi, mangaba, mango, mangosteen, mulberry, muruci, nectarine, papaya, passionfruit, patawa, peach, pear, pequi, persimmon, physalis, pineapple, pine nuts, plum, rambutan, raspberry, sapodilla, sapote, sorva, soursop, starfruit, strawberry, tucuma, walnut, and watermelon. In 2002 the fruit sector grossed 9.6 billion dollars – 18% of Brazil's total. National production is higher than 38 million tons, cultivated on 3.4 million hectares. Between 1990 and 2004 exports grew 183% in value, 277% in quantity and 915% net. Every ten thousand dollars invested in fruit production generates three direct jobs and two indirect jobs. Brazil is the world's"
"Sauvignon blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Trebbiano, Viognier, and Zinfandel grapes. Natali also makes fruit wines from bananas, beach plums, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, peaches, pineapples, plums, and strawberries. It is the only winery in the world that produces wine from beach plums (""Prunus maritima""), a fruit that grows in coastal areas, and is often used to make jams. Natali is also the only New Jersey winery that uses bananas. Natali has a plenary winery license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which allows it to produce an unrestricted amount of wine, operate up to 15 off-premises sales rooms,"
"particularly in the southern Appalachian Mountains. In general, ""Calostoma"" species are not considered edible; because they typically begin their development underground, by the time fruit bodies appear they are too tough for consumption. However, a 2009 study reported that in the community of Tenango de Doria (Hidalgo state, Mexico), ""Calostoma cinnabarinum"" used to be collected by children and consumed ""like a tidbit"", although the tradition seems to have been abandoned in recent years. Locals called the young fruit bodies ""yemitas"". ""Calostoma cinnabarinum"" contains a pigment named calostomal that is responsible for its red color. The IUPAC name of this molecule"
"drying. The syrup can also be fermented to produce an alcoholic drink. Fruits of ""Stenocereus"" species have also been important food sources in similar parts of North America; ""Stenocereus queretaroensis"" is cultivated for its fruit. In more tropical southern areas, the climber ""Hylocereus undatus"" provides ""pitahaya orejona"", now widely grown in Asia under the name dragon fruit. Other cacti providing edible fruit include species of ""Echinocereus"", ""Ferocactus"", ""Mammillaria"", ""Myrtillocactus"", ""Pachycereus"", ""Peniocereus"" and ""Selenicereus"". The bodies of cacti other than opuntias are less often eaten, although Anderson reported that ""Neowerdermannia vorwerkii"" is prepared and eaten like potatoes in upland Bolivia. A"
"Opuntia triacantha Opuntia triacantha is a species of cactus known by the common names Spanish lady, Keys Joe-jumper, Big Pine Key prickly-pear, and jumping prickly apple. It is native to the Caribbean, from Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico, to the Lesser Antilles. This cactus grows prostrate or upright to a maximum length of 60 centimeters. The stem segments are flattened and oval in shape, up to 18 centimeters long by 7 wide. The black-tipped spines are up to 4 centimeters long. The cactus produces yellow flowers year-round. The fleshy red fruit is up to 3 centimeters long by 2 wide. The"
"The genus ranges from Mexico, through Central America and the Caribbean and across much of tropical South America. Diversity is highest in the Amazonian region. Most of the species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest are endemic to the region. Three species (""B. cubensis"", ""B. jamaicana"" and ""B. plumeriana"") are restricted to the Caribbean and form a closely related clade. ""Bactris gasipaes"", the peyibaye or peach palm, was domesticated in pre-Columbian times and is cultivated for its starchy fruit and palm heart throughout the Neotropics, especially in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Costa Rica. Other species used for food include ""B. brongniartii"","
"since 1984, from where the name ""Sweetie"" originated. Following is description by OJB at University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection: Following is from Sunkist: Oroblanco An oroblanco, oro blanco (white gold) or sweetie (""Citrus grandis"" Osbeck × ""C. Paradisi"" Macf.) is a sweet seedless citrus hybrid fruit similar to grapefruit. It is often referred to as oroblanco grapefruit. Oroblanco was developed as a cross between a diploid acidless pomelo and a seedy white tetraploid grapefruit, resulting in a triploid seedless fruit that is less acidic and less bitter than the grapefruit. The oroblanco was patented by the University of"
"myrtle and eucalyptus family, the tree can grow to a height of thirty feet, and propagation is by seed. Plinia edulis Plinia edulis (formerly Marlierea edulis) is a tree that grows wild in Brazil in the coastal rainforest regions around the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The fruit's local name is cambucá while the tree is ""cambucazeiro"". The name is derived from an indigenous word for jar, ""cambuci"", due to the tree's fruit resembling a type of water container, which some would say is ""flying saucer""-shaped. The fruit's coloration is yellowy-green, size is 6 cm in"
"such as 'Carlos' and 'Noble', are perfect-flowered, produce fruit with their own pollen, and may also pollinate pistillate cultivars. Cultivars include Black Beauty, Carlos, Cowart, Flowers, Fry, Granny Val, Ison, James, Jumbo, Magnolia, Memory (first found on T.S. Memory's farm in 1868 in Whiteville, NC), Mish, Nesbitt, Noble, Scuppernong, Summit, Supreme, and Thomas. Produced by the University of Florida, the cultivar, 'Southern Home', contains both muscadine and subgenus ""Vitis"" in its background. Crops can be started in 3–5 years. Commercial yields of 20–45 tonnes per hectare (8–18 tons per acre) are possible. Muscadines grow best in fertile sandy loam and"
"Passiflora nitida Passiflora nitida, the bell apple, is a tasty, but relatively unknown passion fruit. It is similar to ""P. laurifolia"", with orange-yellow fruits that have a sweet, succulent pulp. It is a fast-growing tropical vine. Its flowers are blue and red, a bit like ""P. laurifolia"" and ""P. quadrangularis"". The fruits grow up to . The exact hardiness in unknown, but it is tropical and should be protected from prolonged temperatures below . It is not frost hardy. ""Passiflora nitida"" is the cousin of almost all the ""Passiflora"" species like ""P. actinia"", ""P. flavicarpa"", ""P. loefgrenii"" and so on."
"red flowers, each surrounded by white and purple filaments. Requiring a minimum temperature of , in temperate zones it must be grown under glass. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Giant granadilla The giant granadilla, barbadine (Trinidad), grenadine (Haiti), giant tumbo or badea (), ටං ටිං (), Passiflora quadrangularis, produces the largest fruit of any species within the genus ""Passiflora"". It is a perennial native to the Neotropics, having smooth, cordate, ovate or acuminate leaves; petioles bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an emetic and narcotic root; scented flowers; and a large, oblong fruit, containing"
"also home to plantings of some lesser known ""Vitis vinifera"" varieties that are used in wine production for some experimental wines and blending. These include Abouriou, Alicante Bouschet, Aligoté, Auxerrois, Black Cornichon, Black Monukka, Black Muscat, Black Prince, Blauer Portugieser, Calzin, Carignane, Chasselas, Chauche gris, Clevner Mariafeld, Colombard, Csaba, Ehrenfelser, Feher Szagos, Gamay, Green Hungarian, Lemberger, Madeleine Angevine, Madeleine Sylvaner, Melon de Bourgogne, Mission, Morio Muscat, Müller-Thurgau, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat Canelli, Muscat Ottonel, Palomino, Petite Verdot, Pinot blanc, Pinot Meunier, Pirovano, Rkatsiteli, Rose of Peru, Salvador, Sauvignon vert, Scheurebe, Siegerrebe, Sylvaner, Trollinger, and Trousseau. Some notable French hybrid grapes"
"Saguaro The saguaro (, ) (""Carnegiea gigantea"") is an arborescent (tree-like) cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea, which can grow to be over tall. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican State of Sonora, and the Whipple Mountains and Imperial County areas of California. The saguaro blossom is the state wildflower of Arizona. Its scientific name is given in honor of Andrew Carnegie. In 1994, Saguaro National Park, near Tucson, Arizona, was designated to help protect this species and its habitat. The image of the saguaro is indelibly linked with that of the American Southwest,"
"Its propagation is by seeds. The fruits are eaten fresh and reportedly quite good in flavor. The bell apple is a native to the Amazon jungle region. ""Passiflora nitida"" is also a useful fruit in a drink called Purple Passion. ""Passiflora nitida"" has one of the widest geographic ranges. It grows in the tropical lowlands from Costa Rica in the north and French Guiana in the northeast, through wide parts of Brazil. Passiflora nitida Passiflora nitida, the bell apple, is a tasty, but relatively unknown passion fruit. It is similar to ""P. laurifolia"", with orange-yellow fruits that have a sweet,"
"North African countries. Fruits of other opuntias are also eaten, generally under the same name, ""tuna"". Flower buds, particularly of ""Cylindropuntia"" species, are also consumed. Almost any fleshy cactus fruit is edible. The word ""pitaya"" or ""pitahaya"" (usually considered to have been taken into Spanish from Haitian creole) can be applied to a range of ""scaly fruit"", particularly those of columnar cacti. The fruit of the saguaro (""Carnegiea gigantea"") has long been important to the indigenous peoples of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, including the Sonoran Desert. It can be preserved by boiling to produce syrup and by"
"The fruit is about long and is covered by a hairy wool. Echinocactus platyacanthus Echinocactus platyacanthus, also known as the giant barrel cactus, giant viznaga, or biznaga de dulce, is a species of cactus (family Cactaceae). It is native to central Mexico in the Chihuahuan Desert. This species is the largest of the barrel cacti. Their hairs are often used for weaving in Mexico and used to produce a traditional candy by boiling the pith. This slow-growing species can reach sizes to tall to wide and can live over a hundred years. Photographs exist of specimens almost four feet (almost"
"Plinia edulis Plinia edulis (formerly Marlierea edulis) is a tree that grows wild in Brazil in the coastal rainforest regions around the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The fruit's local name is cambucá while the tree is ""cambucazeiro"". The name is derived from an indigenous word for jar, ""cambuci"", due to the tree's fruit resembling a type of water container, which some would say is ""flying saucer""-shaped. The fruit's coloration is yellowy-green, size is 6 cm in diameter and taste is sweet-sour. Cambuca fruit taste resemble light combination of mango and papaya. A member of the"