Feijoa - native to Brasil

 

A green, oval fruit, with firm flesh and a wonderrful taste a bit like pineapple, pear and kiwi.

Use: Can be eaten fresh or be used in fruit salads, jam, or sorbet

 

Pepino melon - originally from Chile

The flesh is yellowish white, juicy and sweet. It seldom contains seeds. The taste is faintly reminiscent of pear, peach ,cantaloupe, and a honeydew melon. You can identify a pepino by its smooth round or oval shape and its colorful skin, which is light yellow with purple lines throughout.

Use: Eat fresh with or without skin. Use in appetizers or desserts much the same way as melon.
Because pepino flesh is sweet and tasty, it provides a welcome addition to many desserts, side dishes, and health-conscious meals. Additionally, it is an interesting addition to many party fruit platters because of its unique, dual color skin and its juicy, flavorful, and brightly colored inner flesh

 

Horned Melon - from Africa

The Horned Melon is a member of the cucumber, it looks like an oval melon with horns (resembling spikes) and is very decorative. Picked green, ripened orange, the it tastes like a mix of lemon and banana. It is a tropical fruit so it should not be stored in the refrigerator.The melon has a gorgeous orange rind with spikes -The yellow-green flesh has the consistency of jello, and tastes a bit like cucumbers.

Use: Can be used as an ornamental fruit or squeeze the melon to add a zesty pick up to smoothies and fruit drinks.

 

Passion Fruit - International

The juicy greenish flesh contains soft edible pips. The taste is tart but sweet and the smell very fragrant

Use: Halves the fruits and scoop out the flesh and pip. Eat chilled and sprinkled with lemon juice. Mix with whipped or sour cream. Use in fruit salads or add to juices or jams. The juice makes an excellent jelly, pie filling or cake frosting. Seeds with the surrounding juice sacs are often added to fruit salads in Australia. Itself, seeds and all may eat fruit of the purple passion fruit. Most often, the pulp is used in desserts or it may be sieved to use as a flavoring.