Berries & drupes

Bis forBlackberry

Blackberries are the fruit of a very thorny plant closely related to the raspberry. They spread quickly by sending roots under the ground that then sprout new plants. They can easily get unmanageable and are hard to keep under control because of the thorns. Today, you can buy thornless blackberries.
Blackberries are most often used to make jam.

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Bis forBlackcurrant

Berries & drupes

Blackcurrents are a small berry related to redcurrants and gooseberries. They are used mainly for their juice, and made into drinks or cordials. Blackcurrents have a very, very high vitamin C content, with 100 grams of the fruit providing 3 times what you need each day.

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Bis forBlueberry

Berries & drupes

The blueberry is the fruit of a small bush. You can eat them fresh, but they are also sold frozen, dried and puréed. You can use blueberries in jams, pies, muffins, snack foods, and cereals.

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Cis forCranberries

Berries & drupes

Cranberries are the fruit of a low growing shrub that grows in bogs and wetlands in North America. The berries are deep red.
Most cranberries are turned into juice or sauce but some are sold whole.

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Gis forGooseberry

Berries & drupes

Gooseberries are the fruit of a straggly, thorny bush originally from Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia. It grows in rocky areas, even quite high up cold mountains.

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Lis forLychee

Berries & drupes

Lychees, also called litchi, are tropical fruit native to China. They have a very sweet, white flesh with a single large seed.

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Mis forMulberry

Berries & drupes

Mulberries are a small deciduous tree that likes temperate to tropical climates. Most varieties have black fruit that is red when it is underripe, but some have white fruit that is green when it isn't ripe yet.
Mulberries can be eaten fresh or used to make jam or pies. Black mulberries are the only plant that the silkworm eats.

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Ris forRaspberry

Berries & drupes

Raspberries are the fruit of a very vigorous deciduous thorny bush related to blackberries, roses and strawberries. Raspberries can spread by sending out roots a long way under the ground that then sprout new plants. Raspberries can take over your backyard if you don't keep them pruned.
Raspberries can be eaten fresh, made into juice, or cooked into pies. Raspberries are very good for you.

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Ris forRedcurrant

Berries & drupes, Plants

Redcurrants are a small berry related to gooseberries that are from Europe. They are quite sour and are only used for making jams and other cooked food. A paler, less sour type of redcurrant is called the whitecurrant.

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Sis forStrawberry

Berries & drupes, Plants

The strawberry is the fruit of a small, low growing plant. Strawberries are red and very sweet. They are unusual because their seeds are on the outside, and most fruits have seeds on the inside. Strawberries are related to roses.

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