FoodReference.com Culinary Crossword 2003-208 Fruits by James T. Ehler
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1. A type of plum almost spherical in shape.
5. Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin.
8. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
9. This citrus fruit is frequently dyed to improve its appearance.
10. Large oval smooth-skinned tropical fruit with juicy aromatic pulp and a large hairy seed.
11. Yellow-fleshed fruit related to custard apples.
14. A russet colored pear, juicy & tender, keeps very well in cold storage. (6,5,4)
16. Evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits.
18. Small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters.
19. Spice tree native to the Spice Islands, the tree yields 2 different spices.
20. Fruit with a single hard stone.

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    1. Succulent thick-rinded orange-sized tropical fruit; AKA marmalade box.
    2. Cleopatra pome. (5,5)
    3. A small variety of cantaloupe grown in Israel.
    4. The most widely grown acid species of citrus fruit.
    6. A citrus fruit originally named for a city in Morocco.
    7. A nut from a plant in rose family, related to plums, peaches and apricots.
    9. A tree bearing olivelike fruit, also called Russian olive.
    12. Large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples.
    13. A city in England known for a famous sauce.
    14. A plant that has escaped from cultivation.
    15. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
    17. The extremely sweet fruit of a palm.
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