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The stories, science, and seasons behind every fruit.

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Banana

The world's most-eaten fruit — a portable, potassium-rich energy bar that grows on a giant herb, not a tree. The Philippines' Lakatan and Saba varieties go far beyond the supermarket Cavendish.

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Guava

The tropics' perfume bomb — a humble green orb whose aroma fills rooms and whose vitamin C embarrasses citrus four times over. Eaten crunchy-green with salt in Asia, pink-ripe and fragrant in the Americas.

Tropical & subtropical Year-round Autumn

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