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Fruit and nuts

Nature Morte au Compotier (MoMA)

France grows a vast number of fruits and nuts (fruits à coque), from apples to oranges, and what it doesn’t grow it can usually import from its overseas possessions, the DROM/COMs (départements et régions d'outre-mer et collectivités d'outre-mer), mainly Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane and La Réunion.

abricot

apricot

agrumes

citrus fruits

airelle

lingonberry

amande

almond

ananas

pineapple

arbouse

arbutus

avocat

avocado

baie

berry or pepper corn

baies de goji

goji berries

banane

banana

bergamote

bergamot and candy from Nancy

bigaradier

bitter (or Seville) orange

bleuet (or bluet)

blueberry

cacahuète

peanut

canneberge

cranberry

câpres

capers

carambole

starfruit

caroube

carob

cassis

black currant

cédrat

citron

cerise

cherry

Chasselas de Moissac

Moissac's golden grapes

châtaigne

chestnut

citron

lemon

citron caviar

finger lime

citron vert

lime

clementine

mandarin hybrid

coing

quince

combava

formerly known as Kaffir lime

gratte-cul

rose hips

datte

date

figue de Solliès

purple fig from Provence

figue de Barbarie

prickly pears

fraise

strawberry

framboise

raspberry

fruit de la passion

passion fruit

fruits rouges

red fruit

grenade

pomegranate

groseille à maquereau

gooseberry

groseille

red currant

kaki

persimmon

kiwi de l’Adour

special French kiwis

letchi

lychee or litchi

mandarine

mandarin orange

mangue

mango

marrons

chestnuts

melon

there are many kinds in France

mirabelle

round yellow or rose-tinted plums

mûre

blackberry or mulberry

muroise

loganberry or tayberry

Muscat du Ventoux

black table grapes from Provence

myrte

myrtle

myrtille

bilberry or European blueberry

nèfle

medlar

nèfle du Japon

loquat

noisette

hazelnut

noix

nut or walnut

noix de cajou

cashew

noix de coco

coconut

olives

some fancy French ones

olive noire de Nyons

special wrinkly black olive

pamplemousse

grapefruit

papaye

papaya

pastèque

watermelon

pêche

peach

physalis

Cape gooseberry, goldenberry or ground cherry

pignons des pins

pinenuts

pistache

pastachio or a dish with garlic

poire

pear

poire Williams

Williams’ bon chrétien or Bartlett pear

pomme

apple

prune

plum

pruneaux

prune

prunelle

sloe

quetsche

llike a damson plum

raisin

grape

Reine Claude

greengage plums

poire tapée

dried pear

sureau

elderberry

Text © Dana Facaros

Image by Paul Cézanne