Category:Temperate Fruits

Temperate fruits grow on trees, shrubs, or vines. These plants require a period of freezing (or at least chilling cold) which the plant endures in order to be able to flower and produce fruit for the next season. These fruits do not grow properly in the tropics.

The pome fruits, which are in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae:


 * Apple and crabapple (Malus)
 * Chokeberry (Aronia)
 * Hawthorn (Crataegus and Rhaphiolepis)
 * Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
 * Medlar (Mespilus germanica)
 * Pear, European and Asian species (Pyrus)
 * Quince (Cydonia oblonga and Chaenomeles)
 * Rose Hip, the fruitlike base of roses (Rosa); used mostly for jams and herbal teas
 * Rowan (Sorbus)
 * Service tree (Sorbus domestica), bears a fruit known as a sorb or sorb apple
 * Serviceberry or Saskatoon (Amelanchier)
 * Shipova (× Sorbopyrus auricularis)

The stone fruits, drupes of genus Prunus:


 * Apricot (Prunus armeniaca or Armeniaca vulgaris)
 * Cherry, sweet, black, sour, and wild species (Prunus avium, Prunus serotina, Prunus cerasus, and others)
 * Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
 * Greengage, a cultivar of the plum
 * Peach (of the normal and white variety) and its variant the Nectarine (Prunus persica)
 * Plum, of which there are several domestic and wild species; dried plums are called Prunes
 * Hybrids of the preceding species, such as the pluot, aprium and peacotum

Other Temperate fruits:
 * Boquila (Boquila trifoliata ; Lardizabalaceae)
 * Goumi (Elaeagnus multiflora; Elaeocarpaceae)
 * Keule (Gomortega keule; Gomortegaceae)
 * Lardizabala (Lardizabala biternata; Lardizabalaceae)
 * Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis; Elaeocarpaceae)
 * Pawpaw (Asimina triloba; Annonaceae)
 * Peumo (Cryptocarya alba; Lauraceae)

Berries
A berry is a small fruit that is usually juicy, sweet or sour, lacking a stone or pit, but may have many small seeds. It can be eaten whole, including the seeds if it has any. The bramble fruits, compound fruits of genus Rubus (blackberries), are some of the most popular pseudo-berries:

Rubus

 * Blackberry, of which there are many species and hybrids, such as Boysenberry, dewberry, olallieberry, and tayberry  (genus Category:Rubus)
 * Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)
 * Loganberry (Rubus loganobaccus)
 * Raspberry, several species (genus Rubus)
 * Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
 * Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
 * Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)

True berries
The true berries are dominated by the family Ericaceae, many of which are hardy in the subarctic:


 * Bearberry (Arctostaphylos spp.)
 * Bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium spp.)
 * Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)
 * Crowberry (Empetrum spp.)
 * Cranberry (Vaccinium spp.)
 * Falberry (Vaccinium spp.)
 * Huckleberry (Vaccinium spp.)
 * Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
 * Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo), not to be confused with the Strawberry (Fragaria)

Other

 * Barberry (Berberis; Berberidaceae)
 * Currant (Ribes spp.; Grossulariaceae), Red Currant, Black Currant, and White Currant types
 * Elderberry (Sambucus; Caprifoliaceae)
 * Gooseberry (Ribes spp.; Grossulariaceae)
 * Hackberry (Celtis spp.; Cannabaceae)
 * Honeysuckle: the berries of some species (called honeyberries) are edible, others are poisonous (Lonicera spp.; Caprifoliaceae)
 * Mulberry (Morus spp.; Moraceae) including:
 * Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
 * White Mulberry (Morus alba)
 * Mayapple (Podophyllum spp.; Berberidaceae)
 * Nannyberry or sheepberry (Viburnum spp.; Caprifoliaceae)
 * Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium; Berberidaceae)
 * Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides; Elaeagnaceae)
 * Ugniberry (Ugni molinae; Myrtaceae)
 * Wolfberry (Lycium barbarum, Lycium spp.; Solanaceae)