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Sometimes referred to as Nevadillo Blanco, but is not actually the same genetically. It is a medium sized olive from Spain that has an elongated pointed shape and has a shiny black flesh when fully ripe.

The fruit from the olive tree that is small and round with a pit or stone surrounded by the flesh. Olives vary in color from bright green to brownish red and black, depending on maturity and ripeness when the fruit was picked.

Aside from watermelon, which is a different species, there are three basic types of melons. The first type are small, ridged skin melons, such as the charentais, which are a variety that is more common in Europe than other regions.

A pumpkin-like squash that is large and round, easily growing to a size of 15 to 25 pounds at maturity.

A sweet cherry from the bigarreau variety of cherries that is grown throughout the United States. This cherry is round or heart-shaped and matures from a bright red to a deep red or maroon color when ripe.

White pepper is produced from peppercorns that have been allowed to fully ripen, skinned, and then dried to produce small tannish colored peppercorns that are used as a spice.

A large, round melon that is a member of the gourd family, with a hard, netting-like textured surface that is light green to ivory in color.

There are two types of Tahitian limes, Persian and Bearss, which are very similar to each other. The Tahitian Persian lime is slightly larger than Tahitian Bearss lime.

A fruit, originating in Mexico and Central America, which has several varieties, the white sapote, the black sapote and the mamey sapote.

A tropical fruit, shaped like a pear, that is served throughout the Caribbean. The fruit has a bright red flesh that surrounds white creamy inner meat containing 3 large black seeds.

A seedless variety of the Fuyu persimmon that was first grown in Israel and now is being raised throughout the world.

A berry grown in clusters on the vine-like pepper plant that is used as a spice. The black peppercorn, which has the most pungent flavor of the peppercorns (white, green or black), is picked when it is slightly under ripe, then dried until the skin shrivels and turns dark brown or black.

An early winter squash that combines a sweet dumpling with an acorn squash to produce a small acorn shaped vegetable.

A sweet cherry, which is one of the Gean varieties, that is grown in cooler climates in the United States.

A variety of pepper that has a banana shape and is typically 2 to 3 inches in length. At times referred to as a "yellow wax" pepper, Banana Chile peppers have a waxy yellow skin that turns red when fully ripe.

A variety of pepper that has a banana shape and is typically 2 to 3 inches in length. At times referred to as a "yellow wax" pepper, Banana Chile peppers have a waxy yellow skin that turns red when fully ripe.

A pointed (piquillo means "little beak") pepper grown only in the Navarra region of Northern Spain along the Ebro River.

A variety of melon that grows to approximately 1 foot in length and is oblong in shape. It has a thick outer green-striped rind with a pale green inner pulp that provides a mild melon flavor, generally not as sweet as honeydew melons.

A spice that is derived berries grown on pepper plants, such as the Piper nigrum, Piper longum or the Piper retrofractum plants.

A bitter orange variety that is small, slightly pear-shaped with a bitter and acidic flesh. The Bergamot contains a high content of juice as well as numerous seeds through the flesh.