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Basic Fruit Types-2

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Berries are Indehiscent & have a fleshy or leathery Exoxarp, Mesocarp and Endocarp. The Ovaries can be superior or inferior. Those with Inferior Ovaries may be called "False Berries"

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Grapes (Vitis): The Classic Berry

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Tomato 		BellPeper.jpg (39309 bytes)
Bell Peppers
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Deadly Nightshade - A Berry to fear!		 OrangeFruitCSMacro.jpg (41356 bytes)  CitronLab300Lab.jpg (61017 bytes)

Orange  &   Citron
These have leathery Pericarps. The "Juice Sacs" are trichome-like structures produced by the Endocarp.
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Papaya		  GuavaGreenFruit.jpg (43654 bytes)
Guava

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