Wild peaches' skin was thin, and the fruit was tough. As was the case with wild bananas, wild peaches featured a larger pit in relation to the fruit, for less edible flesh overall.

Huckleberries are shrubs in the heath family, and are closely related to blueberries and cranberries. There are two main types of huckleberry bushes. Huckleberries in the Gaylussacia group, or ...

This wild fruit used to grow in cave environments and originally had large seeds. It was thought to have been domesticated between 4000 and 2800 BC. In 1925, ...

Throngs of huckleberry hunters are out as the season for picking the wild-growing fruit is hitting its peak in Wyoming. But ...

While reading Theresa Vargas’s Sept. 4 Metro column, “It’s a sweet time of year for locals in the know,” I was shocked to hear that groups of people are hiking to collect pawpaw fruit. We ...

Wild Fruits. Share full article. From Longman's Magazine. Jan. 14, 1900; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 14, 1900, Page 25 Buy Reprints.

EARLY indications seem to promise a large crop of wild fruits and nuts in the northern parts of the Bronx. There are retired spots in that borough where a frugal man could come near to living ...

During the winter, many species of birds rely on seeds and fruits. Seeds can be hard to see and identify unless the bird is sitting on the food plant, such as a wild sunflower. Fruit, on the other ...

Wild fruits from Southern Africa show good potential to supplement diets with the building blocks of protein. Researchers from the University of Johannesburg studied 14 species. Two of the fruits ...

Wild Blueberries: A Fruit For All Seasons. Wild blueberries have been thriving down east since the glaciers receded, and farmers here have been cultivating the fruit for generations. Each year, they ...