Tomatoes Apples, Pears, Quinces etc.
Known botanically as "Pome Fruits", these are all basically large very fleshy rose hips. The main edible part is actually a swolen flower base which wraps around a group of seeds and their surrounds, called the "core".

Roses
Roses
Magnolia
Magnolias


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Varieties

Apples


Braeburn - [PLU 4103 (large) 4101 (small)]
A most excelent eating apple in my opinion, sweet/tart with good flavor complexity. The photo specimens, "large braeburn", were typically 3-1/4 inch in diameter and weighed 10 ounces.

Cameo - [PLU 3066 (large 3065 (small))]
A crisp, medium sweet apple with good apple flavor and a very small core. Excellent for salads. The photo specimens, "large cameo", were typically 3-1/4 inches in diameter and weighed 9 ounces.

Crab Apple
These are not real crab apples, but that's the name they're marketed under. Real crab apples are extremely tart and these taste just like regular domestic apples. Rather small and expensive for eating out of hand but a good size for salads. The photo specimens ranged from 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 inches diameter and weighed between 5/8 and 1-1/4 ounce.

Lady Apple
The photo specimens were typically 2-1/4 inches in diameter and weighed 2-1/2 ounces.

Red Delicious
The photo samples were typically 3-1/4 inches in diameter and weighed 10 ounces.

Pears


Bosc - [PLU 4413 (large), 4026 (small)]
A crisp pear of moderate sweetness with a very small core (I usually just swallow the seeds rather than bothering to core these). I consider this a fine eating pear and it's usually low priced, but some may prefer a sweeter pear. The photo samples were typically 2-5/8 inches in diameter, 4 inches long and weighed 6-1/2 ounces, but they do get larger - these were PLU 4026 "Small Bosc".

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