Tropical Fruit

Tropical fruit sites to munch on:

These useful web sites contain valuable information about tropical fruit worldwide and include description, nutrition, agriculture information, and some images.

In the Dirt

Look here for nursery specialists who answer questions about pruning, planting, fertilizing, soil, and optimum climate conditions for your fruit trees.
Coming to you from the Big Island of Hawaii, this nursery site answers your questions about tropical trees as well as pointing you to more agriculture sites.
Hawaii Plants
The Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida have an excellent site with tropical fruit identification, availability, recipes, distributors and nurseries.
Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida
Are you planting, staking, and pruning your trees properly? Do you consider the symbiotic relationship of your trees before planting? A secure foundation, compact, healthy tree makes for a happy, productive tree. This site is well illustrated with easy-to-follow instructions.
Professional Tree Planting and Pruning Instructions
Useful fruit information with volunteer members to answer your questions. Interesting links take you to gardern sites.
California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.
Wonder what a passion fruit looks like? The photos on this site look good enough to eat. You will find clear, professional photos of tropical fruits, vegetables and nuts.
PhotoFruit
Market Information
Looking for wholesale prices of papaya and mango in Dallas or London? Here are fascinating links to worldwide, wholesale prices of fruits. These sites give prices for a wide variety of produce on a daily basis. Bulletin boards are available to post your orders to buy or sell produce.
USDA Market Reports For Fruits
The best place for world tropical fruit market information. This site provides wholesale market reports, describes market standards, post-harvest procedures, tells which countries are exporting and importing tropical fruit, has a photo gallery, a list of seed suppliers, and information on international agriculture trade shows.
Global Agribusiness Information
Go to Russia and keep up with the world fruit and vegetable market news. You don't have to subscribe to see the summary. Click on the English switch.
World Market News
Looking for fresh information on worldwide agribusiness and wholesale market prices? This site gives the Rotterdam Fruit Auction and US/Canada market prices as well as links to university and private sector agriculture research. Announce your ag product to the world. List it in the Todaymarket business corner.
Tropical World Markets and Green Links
Get To the Experts
Agronomists and horticulturists are at these sites. Look here to use the amazing amount of tropical fruit information and extensive linkages they provide.
The Purdue site has a crop search and farm markets by state.
Purdue
University of California at Davis Fruit and Nut Research Information Center
Complete data base for Chilean and Argentine fruit experts, importers, service companies, fruit growers. World price quotes, crop trends, statistics, and fruit news. Fruit board for posting buy/sell.
Chile
Want to learn about vegetables, orchids, and more about tropical fruit in Hawaii? This site belongs to a senior Tropical Horticulture student at University of Hawaii.
Horticulture In Hawaii
One-Fruit Sites
Still haven't had enough tropical fruit? Check out these links for in-depth info on a specific fruit.
Look here for everything you ever wanted to know about "Phoenix Pear" (a translation of the Chinese name for pineapple referring to the legendary bird consumed by fire and then rising from its ashes). Learn how to make pineapple grow again after you've eaten it!
The Pineapple Page
What fruit is a favorite of tigers and elephants, tastes heavenly but has a "unique" odor? Durian, of course. It is beloved by Malaysians and has devotees worldwide. This site pulls together photos, news, recipes, and lore about durian with links to durian information in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The author scours the world to bring durian to you.
The "Schizoid Fruit"
What's a vegetable doing on a tropical fruit page? It is grown commercially in Hawaii on Molokai and is commonly categorized as a fruit. This site is too good to go unnoticed. It includes nutritional information, a kid's corner, and recipes. Did you know that watermelon is a good sorce of potassium and vitamin C?
All About Watermelon
Get a jump on tomorrow. Go to Malaysia, a country renowned for its fruit. Their Ministry of Agriculture has posted fantastic photos and detailed information, including nutritional data, for a variety of tropical fruit.
Malaysia
Here is grass-roots information from an organic tropical fruit farmer who specializes in moya:
Organic Tropical Fruit
This company site offers Recipe-Of-the Month and a good history of the banana and the plantain. Includes excellent nutritional information. It is a banana growers cooperative in Colombia!
What popular fruit made its debut at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876?
Food Sites
Exotic places, exotic recipes are at these sites.
Here you will find a superb Asian food collection divided into twenty categories. A one-stop search tool for the best in Asian Food. It is truly a "Magic Chef."
Best Asian Food Site
Hawaii Links
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