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In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds. Evolution has led plants to adopt certain basic mechanisms, seemingly without close regard to the tissues involved. No one terminology really fits the enormous variety that is found among plant fruits. Botanical terminology for fruits is inexact and will remain so. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plum, apple and orange. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from.
The term false fruit (pseudocarp, accessory fruit) is sometimes applied to a fruit like the fig (a multiple-accessory fruit; see below) or to a plant structure that resembles a fruit but is not derived from a flower or flowers. Some gymnosperms, such as yew, have fleshy arils that resemble fruits and some junipers have berry-like, fleshy cones. The term "fruit" has also been inaccurately applied to the seed-containing female cones of many conifers.
With most fruits pollination is a vital part of fruit culture, and the lack of knowledge of pollinators and pollenizers can contribute to poor crops or poor quality crops. In a few species, the fruit may develop in the absence of pollination/fertilization, a process known as parthenocarpy. Such fruits are seedless. A plant that does not produce fruit is known as acarpous, meaning essentially "without fruit".
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Ever since we arrived in Canada, I've been drinking 2-3 fresh fruit & veggie smoothies every day. They're so tasty!
wordsfail (Agnieszka Moszynski) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:47 -0000
Ever since we arrived in Canada, I've been drinking 2-3 fresh fruit & veggie smoothies every day. They're so tasty!
@rawrx3rebekah they're my new favorite fruit! haha. @iam_wallflower i dont have room for a tree silly!
alwaysmovefastt (alyssa!) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:35 -0000
@rawrx3rebekah they're my new favorite fruit! haha. @iam_wallflower i dont have room for a tree silly!
eating mango 4 breakfast...fruit the one food I find my body doesn't reject!
tdbuchanan (Tiffany Buchanan) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:32 -0000
eating mango 4 breakfast...fruit the one food I find my body doesn't reject!
@elo_dit fruit... What's that?! :P
fruitiest (emma-may.) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:31 -0000
@elo_dit fruit... What's that?! :P
Can't believe I just went for a midnight apples and fruit juice run. I need my vitamin c!!
diremoo (Marc Ang) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:31 -0000
Can't believe I just went for a midnight apples and fruit juice run. I need my vitamin c!!
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BountifulFruit (Bountiful Fruit) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:17 -0000
@cugirly Thanks for shopping with us! Your friends & family will love our fruit. Happy Holidays!
Nursery - Ontario grower supplying edible nut producing trees, including blight-resistant American chestnut trees and cold-hardy pine nuts. Will ship to US.
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Nursery - California seller of organic bareroot fruit and nut trees, including heirloom varieties.
Meta Description: [ California grown bare root fruit and nut trees.
Information on how to care for and select the right fruit tree. ]
Nursery, Inc. - Oregon wholesale blueberry nursery selling highbush, rabbiteye and half-high blueberries as well as other decorative and fruit-bearing vacciniums.
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Orchards Co. - Venerable Missouri seller of apple, pear, and other fruit and berry plants, some of them varieties developed by the firm itself.
Plant Co. - Indiana based sellers of common and unusual berry plants.
Meta Description: [ We provide top quality products for your strawberry, blueberry, and other fruit plants as well as vegetable crops. We have grown to be one of the superior suppliers of products to the fruit, vegetable, nursery and specialty agriculture markets in the eastern US. ]
Acorn Springs Farms - Texas nursery featuring edible and ornamental citrus trees for outdoor and indoor use.
Meta Description: [ Dwarf citrus trees Meyer Lemon, Mexican Key Lime trees, Navel Orange trees, all grafted and shipped from our Texas farm. ]
Acorn Springs Farms - Texas nursery specializing in dwarf citrus trees.
Meta Description: [ Dwarf citrus trees Meyer Lemon, Mexican Key Lime trees, Navel Orange trees, all grafted and shipped from our Texas farm. ]
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Adams County Nursery - Pennsylvania nursery offering bare root nursery stock, fruit trees, semi-dwarf apples, peach trees, plums, asian pears, cherries and nectarines.
Apple Art Espalier - Sonoma County, California growers of espaliered fruit trees, including apples, pears, figs and Asian persimmon.
Meta Description: [ Apple Art Espalier, purveyor of fine espaliered fruit trees
and ornamentals. ]
Badgersett Research Farm - Private for-profit research institution developing and selling blight-resistant varieties of hazelnut and chestnut.
Meta Description: [ For more than 20 years, Badgersett Research Corporation has been working on Woody Agriculture, the development of woody plants as sustainable crops for real-world staple food production. We breed, grow, and sell hybrid hazelnuts and hybrid chestnuts and are involved in all aspects of commercializ... ]
Bay Laurel Nursery and Catalog - California nursery offering bareroot deciduous fruit, nut and edible vines by mailorder. Retail outlet for Dave Wilson trees.
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Big Horse Creek Farm - North Carolina nursery specializing in antique and heirloom apple trees and custom grafting services.
Black Diamond Nursery - Arkansas nursery selling brambles, grapes and elderberries.
Blossom Nursery - Arkansas-based nursery offering pawpaw seeds and seedlings and ginkgo seeds.
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Boston Mountain Nurseries - Grower in Arkansas specializing in berry plants, grapevines and other small fruits. Prices for quantities from five to hundreds.
Meta Description: [ Specializing in Berry Plants, Grapevines and other small fruits.: grape, blackberry, raspberry, goosberry, currants, elderberry, blueberry. Wholesale from the grower ]
Brandt's Fruit Trees - Washington-state nursery selling cherry, apple, and pear trees, primarily to orchardists.
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Brite Leaf Citrus Nursery - Central Florida nursery providing growers and consumers with citrus trees, including many exotic varieties.
Burchell Nursery - California-based wholesale nursery selling almond, apple, nectarine, peach, plum, nectarine and walnut trees to orchardists.
Burnt Ridge Nursery and Orchards Inc. - Onolaska, Washington nursery specializing in trees, shrubs, groundcovers and vines that produce edible nuts or fruits. Including exotics such as medlars, as well as Northwest US native plants.
California Tropical Fruit Tree Nursery - A Southern California nursery offering rare and common tropical fruit trees. Ten tree minimum for mail orders.
Meta Description: [ California Tropical Fruit Tree Nursery offers a vast variety of both rare and common tropical fruit trees shipped throughout the world. We offer both wholesale and retail sales of tropical fruit trees. ]
Cummins Nursery - Geneva, New York based nursery selling fruit trees, rootstocks and small fruits including apple, pear, peach and nectarine trees, brambles, grapes and strawberries.
Daisy Farms - Michigan based sellers of a variety of strawberry varieties, as well as blueberries, raspberries, rhubarb and horseradish.
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Dave Wilson Nursery - California-based wholesale nursery providing rare fruit species and rare cultivars of common fruit species to retail garden centers and orchardists. List of retail outlets.
Meta Description: [ Fruit, Nut and Shade Tree Growers for the Commercial and Retail Nursery Industry. ]
DeGrandchamps Farms - Michiganders selling blueberry, cranberry and lingonberries to commercial growers and select cultivar packages to homeowners.
Meta Description: [ DeGrandChamp's Farms - Michigan blueberry farm. Over the past 40 years the family run farm has developed into 130 acres of blueberries. ]
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Denman Island Heritage Apple Trees - An organic heritage apple and pear tree nursery.
DNA Gardens - Alberta grower specializing in fruit hardy on the northern Great Plains, including a broad variety of saskatoons, sea buckthorn, blackcurrants and pin- and choke-cherries.
Meta Description: [ DNA Gardens specializes in prairie fruit and the developement of tissue culture stock for the prairie fruit industry ]
Double A Vineyards - Fredonia, New York based nursery offering eating and wine-making grapes in retail and wholesale quantities. Online ordering.
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Duarte Nursery - Offering a selection of Grape vines, Almond trees, and Peach trees.
Edible Forest Nursery - Wisconsin seller of apple, pear, plum and nut trees for cold, windy and dry climates and disease resistant stock for warmer areas.
Edible Landscaping - Virginia-based nursery selling a variety of fruit, nut and berry plants, including exotics such as mayhaw, pawpaw, medlar and pomegranate.
Empire National Nursery - Mail-order nursery offering blueberries, brambles, aronia, currants and grapes, as well as landscape trees.
England's Orchard and Nursery - Kentucky based nursery selling nut trees and uncommon fruit trees such as pawpaw, permsimmon and jujube as well as plum and peach. Order by fax, phone or mail.
Meta Description: [ England's Orchard is a Nursery that specializes in nut trees. We also deal in exotic fruit trees. We are specialists in the alternative cash crop and organic crop fields. ]
Enoch's Berry Farm - Arkansas family farm selling the patented University of Arkansas Indian tribe series of blackberries.
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Finch Nursery - North Carolina nursery grows both Northern highbush blueberries and Southern rabbiteye blueberries.
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Four Winds Growers - California based grower of dwarf citrus, including grapefruit, kaffir lime, lemon, lime, orange, tangerine.
Meta Description: [ Four Winds Growers ships fifty varieties of premiere dwarf citrus trees nationwide. Order online for smaller trees that will produce normal fruit and flowers. ]
Fruit Lover's Nursery - Hawaii-based nursery specializing in rare and exotic tropical fruit trees and seeds.
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Garden of Delights - Florida, USA nursery selling bearss lemon, calamondon, grapefruit, sugar apple, kiwi, and other warm temperate and subtropical fruiting plants.
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Going Bananas - A Florida-based nursery offering edible and ornamental species and cultivars of bananas and plantains. Ordering by mail.
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Great River Vineyard - A Minnesota grape nursery specializing in cold-climate wine and table grape varieties.
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Grimo Nut Nursery - Ontario nursery selling hardy fruit and nut trees, including walnuts, pinenuts, chestnuts, persimmons and pawpaw.
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Henry Leuthardt Nurseries - Long Island, NY nursery specializing in espalier plant material. Offers a variety of dwarf and semi-dwarf fruit trees, berries, and grape vines.
Ingoldsby Nursery and Floral Shop - California nursery selling olive trees, pomegranate trees, and assorted bushes and shrubs.
Ison's Nursery and Vineyards - Georgia-based nursery specializing in muscadine grapes, rabbiteye blueberries and other southern US hardy fruits and nuts.
Johnson Nursery - Georgia based nursery selling a variety of fruiting plants, including antique Southern-US-adapted apples and muscadine grapes.
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Just Fruits and Exotics - Company in Florida's panhandle offering fruit trees for zones 8-10, including most common tree and shrub fruits, cold-hardy citrus and avocado, and persimmon, as well as less common fruits such as pomegranate, mayhaw and jujuba.
Lon J. Rombough - Breeder offers cuttings of around 130 different grapes, as well as advice and custom plant breeding.
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Lowder's Farm and Nursery - Florida based nursery selling seedling American persimmons, grafted Oriental cultivar persimmons and daylilies.
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Miller Nurseries - Nursery featuring hardy fruit trees and other fruiting plants.
Nolin River Nut Tree Nursery - Kentucky-based nursery offering pawpaw, black and persian walnut, heartnut, butternut, chestnut, pecan, hican, shagbark and shellbark hickory and persimmon trees. Order by phone, fax or e-mail. Will also custom graft.
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Nourse Farms Small Fruit Nursery - Nursery selling small fruit plants (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, currants and gooseberries, as well as asparagus, rhubarb, and horseradish) to both the home gardener and commercial grower. On-line catalog and on-line ordering.
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O Nursery Fruit Trees - Washington-based nursery selling apple, cherry, peach, pear and plum trees, primarily to professional orchardists.
Paradise Nursery - Virginia Beach, Virginia nursery offering Southern-US-adapted fruits, in particular figs, as well as rabbiteye blueberries and pomegranates.
Pars Produce Co. - California seller of a variety of fruit trees, featuring unusual Persian cultivars.
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Passiflora - California grower selling seeds of passiflora (passion flower), including varieties bearing edible fruit. Printable order form.
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Pense Nursery - Arkansas-based growers of berry plants and grape vines. Ordering by fax, phone or mail.
Meta Description: [ Specializing in Small Fruit,Berry Plants and grapevines. ]
Raintree Nursery - Sells a wide range of fruits, nuts, berries and unusual edible plants.
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Saint Lawrence Nurseries - Potsdam, New York-based nursery selling cold-hardy fruit trees and nut-tree seedlings. Orders in person or by mail; check or money order only.
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Sierra Gold Fruit and Nut Nursery - A California nursery selling walnuts, almonds, peaches, nectarines, apples, pears and other fruits to orchardists. Wholesale only; no single trees.
Simmons Berry Farm - Arkansas nursery specializing in grapevines (including muscadines), black-, rasp- and boysenberry plants and rabbiteye blueberry.
Meta Description: [ We specialize in grapevines, berry plants and small fruit plants. ]
Southmeadow Fruit Gardens - Michigan-based nursery offering antique and collectible temperate climate fruits and berries, particularly antique apples. Orders in person or by mail; check or money order only.
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Tam's Tropical Trees - Tropical fruit, nut, spice, and citrus trees shipped nationwide or local South Florida pick-up.
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Texas Pecan Nursery - Supplier of nut, fruit and shade trees with wholesale plant availability.
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The Apple Branch Nursery - Michigan company offering custom bench grafts of antique apple trees on a choice of two rootstocks. Listing of available varieties, printable order form.
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Timpanogos Nursery - Rocky Mountains based edible plants nursery, specializing in the Tibetan Goji Berry (Lycium Barbarum).
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Trade Winds Fruit - Supplier of tropical fruit and flowering plant seeds from around the world. Site features extensive tropical fruit database.
TRECO - Oregon based wholesale nursery offering apple trees and rootstocks to the larger scale orchardist.
Trees of Antiquity - Heirloom apples, also stone fruit, pawpaw, pecans, grapes, kiwi. USA zone adaptations given for each fruit variety.
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TyTy Nursery - This Georgia-state based nursery specializing in trees for the American south-cold hardy citrus and bananas, figs, jujubes, persimmons, pomegranates, pecans, and low-chill berry varieties.
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Van Well Nursery - A Washington-state based nursery offering apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries and plums.
Wafler Nursery - Western New York State nursery providing apple trees to the commercial grower.
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Whitman Farms - Salem, Oregon nursery features fruits including: gooseberries, currants and mulberries, and decorative shrubs and trees.
Winfrey Valley Nursery - Arkansas-based nursery specializing in small fruit plants: grape, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, gooseberry, dewberry, elderberry and boysenberry, as well as fruit trees.
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Woodwinds Nursery - Ontario seller of antique varities of apple and pear trees on a variety of rootstocks. Will also custom graft.
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