August 4th, Day 1365: Karpatiosorbus bristoliensis
Fruit Info: Here for our fruit of the day today we have the Bristol whitebeam. This fruit is a native of Great Britain and it is only found wildly in the Avon Gorge. As of 2016 there were only 200 known examples of the species.
Fruit Info: For this next fruit of the day we have the Devon Whitebeam, which is an unusual name that it didn’t always have. Originally it was referred to as the broad-leaved whitebeam when it was sold on the Pannier Market. It is native to a fair variety of very random places.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have another fruit from the genus Karpatiosorbus. This fruit in a particular is a native of Little Switzerland in Germany’s North-Bavaria.
Fruit Info: For today’s fruit of the day we have a shrub known as the osoberry. It is also called the Indian plum, and it is the only species in its genus. It is a native of the pacific coast in North America.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have this native of China. These small white berries are a kind of pome. They are edible and can be used to make jams and jellies or they can be eaten raw.
Fruit Info: For today’s fruit of the day we have a fruit known as the squaw apple, also known as the wild crab apple. It grows in Idaho, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. It is the only member of its genus.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have the garden burnet, also known as the small burnet and the burnet-bloodwart. It is native to regions of Europe, Asia and Africa. It is not native to North America or Great Britain but has been naturalized to it. These fruits grow tiny winged seeds inside them.
Fruit Info: Pictures below you can see what our fruit of the day looks like when it is all dried up. It is a native throughout the northern hemisphere. Some parts of the plant that grows it have been used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Fruit Info: For our fruit of the day today we have an artificial hybrid between Aronia melanocarpa and Sorbus aucuparia. The particular fruit we have here is from the species’ cultivar known as Viking. This fruit has larger fruits than it’s wild relatives that make it more suitable for juice, jam, and wine making.
Fruit Info: The Shipova is our fruit of the day today. It is a hybrid species of the European pear and the common whitebeam. This fruit is a small pome with an edible yellow flesh that has a sweet flavor.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the the day we have another member of the Rosaceae family. This one in particular is the monotypic representation of its genus. It is often referred to as chequers and is native to Northern Africa and Western Asia.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have the hardhack, also known as the hardhack steeplebush. This fruit is a native to western North America, specifically across Alaska, regions of Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have the Chinese photinia, which originated in east Asia before being introduced to North America. The plant that it comes from is mostly grown for ornamental purposes.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have the arctic bramble, also known as the arctic raspberry and the Nagoon Berry. It grows in Alaska, Finland, Russia, Northern Scandinavia, and a variety of other very northern countries.
Fruit Info: Todays fruit comes from a species of prickly bramble native to North America. Some of the common names for these fruits are Sawtooth Blackberries or Tall Blackberries. These fruits are also a kind of compound drupe.
Fruit Info: Today for our fruit of the day we have the Himalayan Blackberry. It is also known as the Armenian Blackberry. In botanical terms this fruit isn’t actually a berry but rather an aggregate fruit of multiple drupelets
Fruit Info: For this fruit of the day we have the European Blackberry. It is abundant across much of Europe but is naturalized to a few scattered regions across North America. Pictured below you see several unripe specimens.
Fruit Info: Fornour fruit of the day today we have an Eurasian variety of dewberry. It is closely related to blackberries and raspberries. It has been naturalized to some regions of the US too.