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30. Persimmons, small peaches, and cherries. All natural fruits of the MO Ozarks. These fruits were grown by

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many old timers in MO when they settled into the MO Ozarks. Every year was a rite of picking the fruits, canning them or making pies. Part of my heritage. Of course we had other wild things too besides the fruit trees, but too many to list. Gooseberries, rhubarb, wild strawberries, wild rose hips etc.

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What is/are your favorite fruit/fruits. Mine are mango, honey dew and strawberries, What about you? [View all] debm55 Jun 16 OP

Whatever is ripe and on special. Strawberries are good and cheap. Been drying them and put some up in the freezer. marble falls Jun 16 #1

Thank you very much , marble falls.. Love strawberries. debm55 Jun 16 #4

Rainier cherries, watermelon, tomatoes, blackberries. LoisB Jun 16 #2

Thank you very much, LoisB. Enjoy your picks. debm55 Jun 16 #5

Still paying the mortgage payments from last year's Raniers! marble falls Jun 16 #10

Thank you very much, marble falls. ENJOY debm55 Jun 16 #16

Wow. Send some to me. The ones in the markets are usually not the best. LoisB Jun 16 #33

They're to dear for my gullet! Beautiful but pricey! marble falls Jun 16 #54

Thank you very much, marble falls. I don't know what they are. Grapes? debm55 Jun 16 #56

These'uns ... marble falls Jun 16 #58

Oh. thank you very much, marble falls. So they are cherries. they look wonderful. debm55 Jun 16 #60

They are good. marble falls Jun 16 #66

Lychee in season now! Demovictory9 Jun 16 #3

Thank you very much, Demovictory9. Enjoy. debm55 Jun 16 #7

Apricots and peaches. murielm99 Jun 16 #6

Thank you very muh, murielm99. Enjoy the fruits of nature. debm55 Jun 16 #9

Wild Strawberries walking away justaprogressive Jun 16 #8

How beautiful and how correct. thank you so much, justaprogressive. debm55 Jun 16 #11

I'm an equal opportunity plunderer! (and say that only half in jest) stopdiggin Jun 16 #12

Thank you very much, stopdiggin. Apricots are gifts of nature when they are ripe. debm55 Jun 16 #18

Cantaloupe, strawberries, blueberries. MIButterfly Jun 16 #13

Thank you MiButterfly. I agree the pears lately are rock hard. Love your choices. Enjoy debm55 Jun 16 #20

Raspberries with strawberries as a runner-up. catbyte Jun 16 #14

We had a few wild strawberry plants at the cottage. applegrove Jun 16 #24

Thank you very much, applegrove. I love strawberries that are red throughout. Great. debm55 Jun 16 #47

Love strawberries. Thank you so much for sharing with us, catbyte. debm55 Jun 16 #37

Peaches RoadRunner Jun 16 #15

Thank you RoadRunner, I had two in the backyard. the peaches today are picked too early. Here in SW PA peach season is debm55 Jun 16 #29

Strawberries, blueberries and oranges. arkielib Jun 16 #17

thank you so much, arkielib. I go to a farmers market in the next town. Great selection. debm55 Jun 16 #38

Cara Cara oranges, peaches, and SARose Jun 16 #19

HAHAHAHHAHAhaH. Thank you very much,SARose, debm55 Jun 16 #39

We have mango trees! pandr32 Jun 16 #21

You are so lucky, pandr32. enjoy your mango. debm55 Jun 16 #22

I have to say strawberries. There was a time, after helping my mom applegrove Jun 16 #23

Thank you very much, applegrove. Enjoy your fruits. debm55 Jun 16 #25

Wild Maine blueberries, cherries and Macintosh apples displacedvermoter Jun 16 #26

Thank you very much, displacedvermoter. Enjoy. debm55 Jun 16 #41

Watermelon bananas plums and pineapple TommieMommy Jun 16 #27

Thank you very much TommieMommy. Enjoy debm55 Jun 16 #42

Blackberries, cranberries, peaches, apricots, mango nt delisen Jun 16 #28

Thank you very much delisen. Enjoy eating your favorites. debm55 Jun 16 #43

Persimmons, small peaches, and cherries. All natural fruits of the MO Ozarks. These fruits were grown by SWBTATTReg Jun 16 #30

Thank you very much for sharing the fruits with us. SWBTATTREG. It sounds like a beautiful place to live. debm55 Jun 16 #71

Cantalope SheltieLover Jun 16 #31

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. enjoy, debm55 Jun 16 #48

In no particular order ... Dorothy V Jun 16 #32

HHAHAHAH. Thank you very much Dorothy V, You have a great selection there. Enjoy. debm55 Jun 16 #34

Peaches, nectarines, Jilly_in_VA Jun 16 #35

Thank you very much, Jilly_in_VA. We have the ripe strawberries now in SW PA. Our ripe peaches do not come until August. debm55 Jun 16 #49

I love whatever fruit is in season! Diamond_Dog Jun 16 #36

Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog, LOve,love,love your selections. debm55 Jun 16 #50

Apples, bananas, strawberries Bmoboy Jun 16 #40

Yummy! Thank you very much, Bmoboy. Enjoy. debm55 Jun 16 #44

Tomatoes Wicked Blue Jun 16 #45

Thank you ,.Can you please tell me where I stated they were not and I will change it? I was aware that debm55 Jun 16 #46

I figured that you knew they were fruits, but mentioned it in case others didn't Wicked Blue Jun 16 #57

Thank you very much, Wicked Blue. Thank was very nice of you to do that. debm55 Jun 16 #59

Any kind of melon. nt Laffy Kat Jun 16 #51

Thank you Laffy Kat, I especially like the honey dew melon , Yum debm55 Jun 16 #52

The only fruit that I eat is.... Niagara Jun 16 #53

I bought this gadget for eating pineaple. It cuts the fruit into cubes. Love it. Thank you Niagara. debm55 Jun 16 #55

black raspberries ... surrealAmerican Jun 16 #61

Wonderful choices you shared with us. Thank you very much surreal American . Enjoy all. debm55 Jun 16 #63

Bananas, grapes, strawberries and blueberries and, most of all, tomatoes LeftishBrit Jun 16 #62

Thank you LeftishBrit. I love your choices. I remember as a child getting the tomatoes out the garden and eating them debm55 Jun 16 #64

All berries and melons. Also moniss Jun 16 #65

Wonderful choices, moniss. Enjoy debm55 Jun 16 #67

Cherries, watermelons, huckleberries. Oh, and raspberries picked fresh from the cane. LiberalLoner Jun 16 #68

Thank you very much, LiberalLoner. You have offered us a wonderful collection of your favorite fruits. Love, Debbie. debm55 Jun 16 #72

😍💙🌹 LiberalLoner Jun 16 #76

You are very welcome debm55 Jun 17 #80

Strawberries, blueberries, cherries, nectarines pineapple.. n/t LuckyCharms Jun 16 #69

What terrific choices there, LuckyCharms.Thank you for sharing. debm55 Jun 16 #70

Tomatoes! Avocados! Peaches! Lime juice! Olive Oil! Winesap Apples! Raspberries! Coconuts! electric_blue68 Jun 16 #73

Thank you very much for sharing and looking up the information. electric_blue 68. You have delightful choices. debm55 Jun 16 #74

debm55..... Upthevibe Jun 16 #75

Thank you my dear Upthevipe. debm55 Jun 17 #79

peaches, apples, bananas, and strawberries yellowdogintexas Jun 16 #77

Terrific list. Thank you very much , yellodogintexas. You have a great seletion, debm55 Jun 17 #78

Pineapple, strawberries, bananas, nectarines, sweet grapes & cherries LudwigPastorius Jun 17 #81

Great list and thank you for sharing.LudwigPastorius..NOM,Nom , to your great list. debm55 Jun 17 #82