Fruits and Nuts Flashcards
apple from Kazakhstan
Malus sieversii (Rosaceae)
European Crab Apple
Malus sylvestris (Rosaceae)
ornamental pear
Pyrus calleryana (Rosaceae)
native to temperate old world
Cydonia sp.
Common name: Quince
often used in preserves
Major producer: Turkey
Fruits produced from Prunus spp.
Peach, Plum (Sloe), Cherry, Nectarine, Apricot
strawberry genus
Fragaria spp. (Rosaceae)
common grape (old world)
Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae)
cultivation in 8,000 BC
Olea europaea (Oleaceae)
fresh olives must be treated to remove oleuropein
Actinidia deliciosa (Actinidaceae)
Kiwi (contest in N. Zealand in 1959 to change the name from Chinese gooseberry)
not a tropical fruit (temperate)
Carya illinoensis (Juglandaceae)
Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae)
- Castanea spp.* (Fagaceae)
- C. dentata* wiped out by 1950
chestnut blight
Chriphonectria
genus of fungi
Corylus spp. (Fagaceae)
Hazelnuts, Filberts
Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae)
California a major producer