Fruit vegetables

Fruit vegetables

These are fruits from vegetable plants. They include tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, squash and many others.

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Persian cucumbers

Fruits & vegetables; Fruit vegetables

Technically, all cucumbers, Cucumis sativus, are a fruit but are treated and eaten as a vegetable. They are members of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. There are three classifications of cucumbers: ...

pickling cucumbers

Fruits & vegetables; Fruit vegetables

Pinkerton avocados

Fruits & vegetables; Fruit vegetables

Avocados are members of the family Lauraceae, which includes the plants that produce edible cinnamon, camphor, sassafras and the herb laurel (bay leaf). Avocado varieties are identified as being ...

puebla avocados

Fruits & vegetables; Fruit vegetables

Puebla avocados are a small variety of avocado, closely related to the more well-known Hass. These dark-skinned avocados have been dwarfed by the popularity of other, heartier varieties and the ...

purple eggplant

Fruits & vegetables; Fruit vegetables

Common purple eggplant is overwhelmingly represented by Western eggplants of the species, Solanum melongena L. These eggplants are known as the Giganteum Group. With thousands of varieties of ...

Raja eggplant

Fruits & vegetables; Fruit vegetables

Raja eggplants are a petite Indian variety. New to the market in 2014, this variety of Solanum melongena is a hearty and productive cousin of the more common aubergine variety. Raja eggplants have a ...

red corn

Fruits & vegetables; Fruit vegetables

Red corn, also known as red posole, is a member of the grass family Gramineae. Corn, known outside of English language as simply maize, is technically classified as a grain crop, though when ...