Story: Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts

Tamarillo fruit

Tamarillo fruit

Tamarillos are the size of hen eggs, and ripen in mid-winter in northern New Zealand. The dark-red varieties are most commonly grown, but some orange and yellow-skinned tamarillos are also produced.

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Sandy Scarrow, 'Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts - Tamarillos, passionfruit and feijoas', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/16015/tamarillo-fruit (accessed 29 March 2023)

Story by Sandy Scarrow, published 24 Nov 2008