Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Jack fruit

The name Jack is from
Malalayam word chakka.

This is a rather big fruit. One could weigh as much as 20 kilo. The edibile parts , comfortabley smaller floret like covers of seeds.
The seeds weigh about 5 gramms each and florets, including the seed inside, weigh about 50 grams.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Pomelo

This is a fruit that has peel that is soft inside like a blanket.
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Not knowns if this commercially grown in India, but some households have them, and if any one could be found selling pomelo, surefire, they are 100 percent organic. These trees grow wild, decorative and shade giving, in house hold land.