Surinam Cherry, they also make a nice hedging plant, tasty too.

http://www.tropilab.com/surinamcherry.html

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http://www.tropilab.com/view-eugeniauniflora.html

Mother in law had a hedge of them in Miami.

Dave Fouchey
Sterling Heights, MI




On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:05:37 GMT, "joe s" wrote:

i have a tree that has alot of bright red fruit on it each year

http://65.35.65.115:81/garden.html

can you identify it? the fruit almost looks like a pumpkin shaped cherry.

i was told by a local guy that it was some sort of oriental cherry, in fact,
he picked some and ate them.

if this is true, can i treat them like regular cherries? fully edible and
used in cooking?

thnx for any info..