In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| You can think of a medlar (Mespilus) as a giant haw (Crataegus); loquats
| (Eriobotrya) are also pome fruits, but so are apples, pears,
| serviceberries, and quite a few other plants.

Indeed. Of the traditional tree fruits grown in the UK, nearly half
are pome fruits and most of the others are in the plum/cherry group.

| One fruit I particularly like but don't see much in the UK shops is
| grenadilla (is there an English name?). Divine! Lidl (of all places!)
| was selling them a while back...
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| Yes, there is an English name; it is granadilla.
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granadilla

We always knew it as grenadilla in Africa.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.