When in season there are not many that I do not REALLY enjoy, but for me some consistent favorites are:

Watermelon
Lychee
Jackfruit

What fruit is your favorite?

I like most fruits including those you listed, and can't immediately think of one that I don't like.

But, I wonder, are you able to find fresh lychee and jackfruit in the US?

And, I don't know, but are melons considered fruits?

Chinese Pomelos
Chinese pears (apple pears)
Tezas ruby red grapefruits
Hawaiian custard apples

Lychees and longans are readily available in Canada. I think I saw a jackfruit (snakeskin fruit?) at a Filipino grocer too.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by siliconengineer:
But, I wonder, are you able to find fresh lychee and jackfruit in the US?</font>

yes, easier on the West Coast than here in Midwest.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">And, I don't know, but are melons considered fruits? </font>

I thought they were, but then again.....would not be the first time I've misclassified a plant.

I think botanically, a fruit is anything that surrounds a seed (obviously all formed from a pollinated and fertilized flower).

I know there are some exceptions but just about everything we consider is fruit is fruit (of course a fruit that many don't consider one is the tomato).

Mango and raspberries (do they count?) are the only fresh fruits I can think of ATM. Would love to try breadfruit and durian someday though.

I've tried building up an appetite for fresh fruit over the years, but with little success.

My girlfriend, OTOH, puts Micronesian Fruit Bats and various simian species to shame.

Ripe oranges and grapefruits from my late uncle's trees in PSP.

Once you eat tree ripened fruit, you can never eat store bought again.

Dan

Mango (Hayden)
Lychee
Blackberries
Rainier Cherries

But there arent many fruits that I dont enjoy

Watermelon
Pomergranits (Sp?)
Bing Cherries

Oh, and Custard Apples. I have asked before, but does anyone know where to find them in Boston?

Any prepared melons served in Thailand. Especially the pineapple, watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe. The best. Only one month to go for my daily fix there.

Huckleberries, now called Bilberrys for the circulation in the retina of the eye to prevent Macular Degeneration and Vitreous Retinopathy.
ANy of the other RED, BLUE, and PURPLE berries for the reasons above. THey all contain Phytochemicals that prevent cancer, promote healing and circulation, and repair and rebuild the body!

Fuji apples.
Home grown organic oranges. Picked just before juicing.
Homegrown organic ruby red grapefruit fresh picked in the morning.
In the summer, BEEFSTEAK TOMATOES home grown in organic soil for salad greens with organic Tuscan Olive oil and Modena organic balsamic vinegar. Still have some growning on the vines and some picked today.

HMMMMM! THe taste of these tomatoes make you understand why they are called a fruit. Unlike store hothouse bought tomatoes!!!

ice cold, "yellow meat" watermelon (in addition to most of the forementioned)

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Like Sweet Willie, almost anything in season, but especially:

Pears
Mangoes
Peaches
Tomatoes (okay,okay, but technically a fruit)
Blueberries
Papayas

Red gold nectarines from Goldbud Farms. Every year around Father's Day, I start bugging the owner of Monterey Market in Berkeley about their deliveries from Goldbud. These are the nectarines of everyone's childhood; they taste the way I remember them tasting. I always buy a case and eat myself stupid. I only give away singles to the people I really, really like.
Goldbud used to have stands at some of the farmers' markets in the area, but now I can't even get them to ship direct by the case.

Royal blenheim apricots, the little ugly ones that taste so good and look so awful.

Green zebra and mortgage lifter, heirloom variety tomatoes.

The little, sweet yellow seedless Texas watermelons.

And in winter, pink lady apples and the enormous dried French prunes and Austrialian candied apricots.

Does anyone know where to find the very large, royal purple prune plums(cling-frees)that don't seem to be around anymore?? The variety name is something like royal.

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I have to agree with missydarlin on the rainer cherries. Unfortunately, they are hard to come by down here in Los Angeles, and probably impossible the rest of the nation. They are the sweetest cherries in existance. Some people may know them as Qween Anne Cherries. missydarlin, when the season comes, can you mail down a bunch to us? http://www.flyertalk.com/dining/ftdining_forum/smile.gif The local markets charge anywhere from $5.00 - $8.00 a pound for them. I would go to Pike's mkt in summer just to get these when I was visiting in seattle. I once brought 10 lbs back to LA.

Strawbeeries
Mango
Pineapple

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by willie--wonka:
Royal blenheim apricots, the little ugly ones that taste so good and look so awful..</font>

Where is this type from?

Royal Blenheims are an older variety. On the west coast, I think, most come from the Sacramento Valley. They ripen later than most of the larger varieties. You don't often see them in groceries, as they bruise easily and don't travel well. I usually get mine from the Embarcadero Farmers' Market in season, but I know that Monterey Market in Berkeley often has them, as well.

Dragon Fruit (http://www.fruechte-gleitzmann.de/products/exotic/drachenfrucht_pitahaya/drachenfrucht_pitahaya.html)
Physalis (http://www.fruechte-gleitzmann.de/products/exotic/kapstachelbeere/kapstachelbeere.html)
Watermelon (http://www.fruechte-gleitzmann.de/products/melons/water/water.html)

What's "dragon fruit"? Where does it grow, what does it look like, whatg do you do with it, and when is it in season???

I've tried durian and not been particularly impressed, but this sounds interesting.

The Dragon Fruit comes from Vietnam, China, Nicaragua and Israel. I ate it the first time in Vietnam and liked it very much. Almost every breakfast in Vietnam contained this fruit. Since that time, I saw it sometimes on buffets in Germany - mainly for decoration (I have to confess that I take always the decoration from a buffet - especially fruits). The "inside of the fruit" is grey-white and has a lot of black mini-cores. The pulp actually looks like the ice cream "Stracciatella" and is quite soft.
The fruit is quite rare in Germany because it is very sensitive. Therefore transport is not easy. The fruit is imported from Israel (July-December) and from Vietnam (June-September).

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by arosen:
missydarlin, when the season comes, can you mail down a bunch to us? http://www.flyertalk.com/dining/ftdining_forum/smile.gif </font>

Sure! Or I'm sure I can find a reason to fly down to So Cal and cart them down with me.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by willie--wonka:
What's "dragon fruit"? Where does it grow, what does it look like</font>

It's from a cactus. The fruit itself looks like a big bud (lots of protective leaves) and is a light(er) crimson red in colour.

blueberries
watermelon - from GA or FL

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by missydarlin:
Sure! Or I'm sure I can find a reason to fly down to So Cal and cart them down with me.</font>

I am up for that. It is a bone chilling 75 degrees here today. I think that the superbowl in San Diego is scheduled to be 78. Is that a good enough reason to visit?

Guava !

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by 767-322ETOPS:
Guava !</font>
http://www.flyertalk.com/dining/ftdining_forum/biggrin.gif Our fellow Flyertalker "Guava" is a fruit!?

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Dragon fruit looks great but I found it a bit bland (in Thailand) they also had it in Singapore last week (don't know where it was from).

Just to let you know...in season you can get rainier cheeries in honolulu and hawaii for 3-5 dollars a pound. I have also found them in Meijers a Michigan and Ohio megastore chain for the same price in season so asked for them. Costco even sells them.

Mangos
Papayas
Fresh Guava juice for breakfast
Blueberries

Peaches!!!!!!

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