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Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit


This book contains interesting details about 141 tropical fruit and nuts. Learn how to identify, harvest or purchase tropical fruit and nuts; learn how to store them and know when they are mature or ripe. Most importantly, Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit explains how to eat these fruit and contains 333 cosmopolitan recipes. Extensive tables list each fruit's vitamins, minerals, energy contents, botanical and common names and their fruiting periods.

Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit is an excellent reference to tropical fruit and nuts and their uses. Tropical fruit is appealing and healthy. Frequent travel and fast international trade have made these fruit widely available. Knowledge opens the way to best appreciation. A unique book for the gourmet, adventure traveller and fruit lover.

Written by James J Darley the book has 192 printed pages on glossy art paper. 62 high quality colour photographs are integrated with the text. Hardcover binding with gold stamped spine. Attractive, colourful jacket. ISBN 0 646 135392



The book Know & Enjoy Tropical Fruit contains 35 chapters, of these 5 chapters drawn from the book are online.

Measures, Conversions & Abbreviations i
Preface ii
Annonas & Rollinias, the Custard Apples 1
Avocado 5
Bananas & Plantains 10
Cacti Fruit 17
Carambola & Bilimbi 20
Casimiroa, Black Persimmon & Mabolo 25
Citrus 34
Duku, Langsat, Rambai & Santol 41
Durian & Mangosteens 43
Guavas 47
Jackfruit, Breadfruit & Relatives 50
Lychee, Rambutan & Longan 60
Mango & Mangos of the Wet Tropics 66
Nuts of the Tropics 74
Palms: Coconut, Pejibaye & Salak 80
Papaya, Mountain Papaya & Babaco 88
Passionfruit & Granadillas 95
Pineapples 101
Abiu, Cainito & Sapodilla 105
Sapotes: Green & Mamey Sapote, Canistel & Lucmo 110
Minor Fruit of the Tropics 116
Tropical Berries & Cherries 129
Tropical Fruit Drinks 135
Fruit in Fondues & Salads 143
Sherbets & Ice Creams 147
Dried Fruit & Leathers 151
Preserves & Pickles 153
Pie-Crusts, Cases & Custards 163
Table: Vitamins & Minerals in Fruit and Nuts 170
Fruiting Calendar 178
Bibliography, Contacts & Acknowledgements 180
Table of Recipes 182
Harvest and Storage of Tropical Fruit 184
Index 185

Tropical Fruit Many people write to me for free advice. Generally I am happy to give this, if I can. Please restrict yourself to questions concerning tropical fruit and consider that I'm not likely to know where to purchase tropical fruit in NY City. Obviously I cannot provide a detailed horticultural advisory service. Also, I will not reply to people who don't give any name or write without most basic common courtesy. All communications are confidential - I hate spammers. Don't use HTML email or other emails within an "envelope. They may not be read and just deleted.
Jim Darley

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