I got this strange fruit in my veg box last week which looks a bit like a tomato and a bit like a chinese lantern fruit but much larger and without any of the cool leaf-skelaton casing..
Has anyone any ideas? I would send a picture but lacking the wherewithall… lead/photo transmitting airwaves as I’m writing this from my technologically deprived computer desk at home…
More clues are that it has the texture of a pear/ banana and the taste of sweet tea…? Anyone?
I would like to return the favour.. If you have a plant/pciture/object/song that you can’t identify and think The Laundry might be able to help.. do show and tell.
Here’s some other weird fruite to inspire you:
Sadly, none of these are my weird fruit.
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3 Responses to “Show and Tell and classifying my fruit”
Posted: Nov 26th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Its a Sharon fruit! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon
Posted: Nov 26th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Ah hah! We have our answer thanks very much Kathy!
Here’s a pic of the fruit that my more technologically advanced friend has provided for me
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2655/4135047507_1cdd7a1d7e.jpg
XXX
Posted: Dec 3rd, 2009 at 11:06 am
Cant help you with your fruit I’m afraid, but once my veg box people couldnt supply me with the aubergine I had ordered, so they supplemented it with some raspberries. That made for an interesting moussaka! But that’s the crazy world of vegetables for you.
I even made a screenprint about the aubergine, (now on Laundry flickr). It says ‘its not a fruit’ though technically it might be because it has seeds on the inside or something like that; maybe a question for your veg friends.