Fruit Info: Here we have our next fruit of the day, the Italian plum. It’s a relative of all the other different plums and cherries we’ve been having lately. It is a native of Greece, Albania, Croatia, southern Italy and more.
Fruit Info: For the next fruit of the day, we have Portuguese laurel cherry, also known as the Portugal laurel. This fruit is a native to the Iberian peninsula primarily. It is a small and cherry like drupe.
Fruit Info: For todays fruit of the day we have yet another member of the Prunus genus. It is a native of Japan, Taiwan, China, and more. It is sometimes referred to as the Taiwan cherry, or the Formosan cherry.
Fruit Info: Here we have yet another cherry for our fruit of the day. This time it is the tart cherry, also known as the dwarf cherry. This fruit is a close relative of the sweet cherry. It is edible and it has a sour but acidic pulp.
Fruit Info: For our next fruit of the day, we have this lovely cherry relative known as the Japanese Apricot or as the Chinese Plum, depending on who you’re talking to and where you are. This fruit is used for juices, pickles, sauces and as a pickle.
Fruit Info: For our next fruit of the day we have the purple apricot, which can also be referred to as the black apricot. There is disagreement about whether or not this is a human created cross or a naturally occurring one. Either way it originates from Western Asia.
Fruit Info: Today we have another relative of the plum, apricot, and cherry, belonging to the same genus. This fruit is a native of east Asia. It is often treated as the same fruit as a close relative of its, but there are key differences between the plants that grow them. In addition, this fruit doesn’t split when ripe unlike its relative.
Fruit Info: This next fruit of the day is test another member of this same genus. It is known casually as the dwarf Russian almond. It is a native of Russia as I’m sure you couldn’t have possibly guessed.
Fruit Info: The fruit you see pictured below here is what is commonly referred to as the sand cherry. It is a North American species of cherry that is widespread across much of eastern and central Canada. It often grows in sandy locations suck as shorelines and dunes.
Fruit Info: The Nanjing cherry is our newest fruit of the day to add to our ever growing collection of fruits. It is a native of northern and western regions within China along with Korea, Mongolia and maybe parts of India. It is edible and is used as an ingredient in things like juice, jam, and pickled vegetables and mushrooms.
Fruit Info: For today’s fruit of the day we have the Canada plum. It is also known as the black plum. This fruit is a type of drupe. It reaches maturity in late summer or early autumn.
Fruit Info: For our next fruit of the day we have the hog plum, which is sometimes referred to as the sloe plum. It is native to the United States, from Virginia, down Paiute to Florida, and west to Texas. These fruits are made into Jellies and Jams.
Fruit Info: This next fruit in our daily fruit series is the creek plum, also known as the hog plum. This fruit is a species of drupe. It resembles a large berry. It is found mainly in the central United States. Lastly, if you go to eat one, be warned that it has a bitter taste.
Fruit Info: This next fruit of the day is this a native of North America. It is widespread across much of Canada but can also be found in the United States. It is referred to as the bird cherry and the fire cherry.
Fruit Info: Here we have our next fruit of the day and it is once again a member of the prunus genus. This time though it is a native of, uh, well, North America again. It goes by many different names suck as the sandhill plum, the Florida sand plum, the Chickasaw plum, and more. It is also the official fruit of the US state of Kansas.