FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Apples, pears, nashi and quince are pome fruits, grown from spring blossom and harvested from late summer through to late autumn.

Detailed explanation-2: -It derived from the Old French word for “apple": pome (12th century; modern French is pomme), which in turn derived from the Late Latin or Vulgar Latin word poma “apple", originally the plural of Latin pomum “fruit", later “apple".

Detailed explanation-3: -The apple is the pomaceous fruit of trees of the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae, and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the species M. domestica or hybrids of it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which fruits are pome fruit? Apples and pears are popular examples of pome fruit. Other pomes include nashi or Asian pears, other pear species, loquats, rowans, quince, toyon and medlars.

Detailed explanation-5: -All pomes hold their seeds in a little paper-like core. Apples and pears are both pomes. Drupes are fruits with a single seed inside a hard pit. Did you know when you eat apricots, cherries and coconuts you’re eating drupes?