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