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Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: countryboy1981 on August 20, 2022, 09:18:10 PM
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I am located in the gilf coast of Alabama and was at the beach today. Upon leaving, about 100+ yards from the Gulf of Mexico I found these wild fruit growing on these plants. They have an intense berry smell amd are about the soze of a robin egg but I do not know what they are though:
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Upon further search, I think it is called a gopher apple:
https://www.eattheweeds.com/gopher-apples-not-just-for-tortoises-anymore/ (https://www.eattheweeds.com/gopher-apples-not-just-for-tortoises-anymore/)
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Yep, Gopher Apple. I've eaten many of them. There is a lot of variation in fruit quality. The good ones are sweet with a pepino melon flavor. Actually, the furst time I ever ate a pepino I though "this tastes like gopher apple!" They are great honey plants, too from what I understand.
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I have not tried them yet but they sure do have a really potent (good) smell to them.
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I think they all have the aroma, although I have never payed much attention to that. Some are pretty bland and others have a little bit of an off flavor. But the good ones are tasty enough to keep me coming back.