Types of Fruit

Types of Fruit Apples Blueberries Drying Cherries Grapefruit Grapes Huckleberries Lemons Oranges Pears Plums Pumpkins Raspberry Strawberry

Fruits are a dietary staple, with hundreds of varieties grown around the world.

Conversations about different types of fruits take many forms. Botanists, for example, discuss fruit based on plant reproductive features. In their words, mustard, grains, nuts, some vegetables and fruits all fall under the fruit category.

Fruits are a great source of vitamins and natural sugars, and nutritionists discuss fruits in terms of their benefits to human health. The USDA dietary guidelines, for example, recommend eating two cups of fruits each day.

More general conversations about fruit revolve around questions of taste. Oranges, grapes and apples rank first, second and third respectively as America's favorite fruits.

The links on the right point to articles with pictures and further descriptions of different fruits.

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