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Re: Unusual fruit/names
:)I think it is what is called in Italy 'sorbola'. Which would mean that in English it is a Sorbus Aria, or Whitebeam. Of course can't be sure without actually physically seeing your specimen.Edible but not very tasty to me.
ciao for now, 'o nonno |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by ononno
(Post 9565580)
:)I think it is what is called in Italy 'sorbola'. Which would mean that in English it is a Sorbus Aria, or Whitebeam. Of course can't be sure without actually physically seeing your specimen.Edible but not very tasty to me.
ciao for now, 'o nonno |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by fionamw
(Post 9565596)
Not that, not judging from pix online and my photo earlier in the thread. Not unless they vary wildly from specimen to specimen!
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Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by lynnxa
(Post 9565320)
is the fruit mushy inside & easier to eat with a spoon?
it sounds like a chirimoya doesn't much look like one though:confused: http://nutriguia.com/img/Chirimoya-1.jpg http://idata.over-blog.com/2/90/31/0...-chirimoya.jpg |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by angiescarr
(Post 9566369)
Ahh You've answered a question for me! (I make miniatures of fruits and veg for a living) Chirimoyas have both types of skin 'innies' and 'outies' That is to say a surface that looks like a series of fingerprints...and one that is bumpy.... On the same plant! Got any info as to why this is?
My conclusion would be that either it is a different subspecies or cultivar, or that isn't a chirrimoya but mislabelled. |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 9566818)
They are very different. The only ones that I have even seen in the flesh have the 'innies'. I have never before seen the one with outies.
My conclusion would be that either it is a different subspecies or cultivar, or that isn't a chirrimoya but mislabelled. |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by angiescarr
(Post 9567014)
Look at the picture Bil... It seems both are growing together!
perhaps they are 'outies' until they are ripe, & then become 'innies':unsure: |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by angiescarr
(Post 9567014)
Look at the picture Bil... It seems both are growing together!
Am I missing something? |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 9567041)
Well, do you mean in the pic with the red secateurs? I can only see two fruits, and both have 'outies'.
Am I missing something? |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by fionamw
(Post 9567421)
Yep..the answer to my question:lol:
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Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by fionamw
(Post 9562345)
Anyone able to hazard a guess for the name of a fruit that looks a bit like a medlar, tastes very like it and has to be 'rotted' like a medlar..... zerbo? Cerbo? Serbo? ditto but with v instead of b? My lovely neighbour was in full flow having brought some around to show me and offer us some from the tree, but andaluz at full speed............well:ohmy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_digyna |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by Carol&John
(Post 9568506)
Have to go with my first instinct of it being a rowan - which given the name, sorbus, and my neighbour's spanish word sounding like serbo/zerbo, whatever, does tie in. I just can't find a variety with the right coloured fruit! Might be new/unique, and I could get him (and me:sneaky:) some kind of horticultural fortune:lol: |
Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by Carol&John
(Post 9568506)
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Re: Unusual fruit/names
Originally Posted by lynnxa
(Post 9568588)
I think you've got it!!:thumbsup:
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Re: Unusual fruit/names
what about this one then?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus_domestica http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._domestica.JPG |
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