Subtropical Fruits for Sour, Sweet

subtropical fruit, for example, can be grouped into three subgroups, according to their relative perishability, as follows: (1) highly perishable such as fresh figs, loquat, litchi; (2) moderately perishable such as cherimoya, olive, persimmon; and (3) less perishable such as citrus fruits, carob (dry), dried figs, ...

tropical and subtropical fruits, in contrast with temperate fruits, can be broadly defined as those meeting all of the following criteria: crops that have their origin and commercial growing areas (when such exist) in the tropics or subtropics, plants that are evergreen and perennial, crops with a limited degree of