# fruit trees that are not "pome" or stone fruit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-trees-that-are-not-pome-or-stone-fruit/822514 "2018-10-05T17:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-trees-that-are-not-pome-or-stone-fruit/822514/21 "2018-10-06T14:33:16Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Just rusty memories of plant taxonomy class from approximately 800 years ago. Breadfruit is another multiple fruit like pineapples and figs. That’s so interesting. Seriously. Has anyone eaten it? I want some. And, pawpaws have a weird smell when fruit is on. OP, maybe crabapple trees would work. They are so pretty in the spring. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-trees-that-are-not-pome-or-stone-fruit/822514/22 "2018-10-06T17:37:37Z")
My cousin had [fig trees in Chicago](https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/figs/cold-hardy-fig-trees.htm). They were hard planted and very productive. And yes, American persimmons are the ones you would need. [Also grapes](https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-4/growing-grapes-in-zone-4.htm),[blackberries](https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-4/zone-4-blackberries.htm), [blueberries](https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-4/zone-4-blueberries.htm) and [kiwi berries](https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-4/growing-kiwi-in-zone-4.htm). And much to my surprise, [even cacti.](https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-4/zone-4-cactus-plants.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-trees-that-are-not-pome-or-stone-fruit/822514/23 "2018-10-06T18:44:57Z")
Grapes grow on trees? You learn something every day. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-trees-that-are-not-pome-or-stone-fruit/822514/24 "2018-10-08T15:14:53Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > sadly the ‘granate’ bit is not from ‘grenade’ due to the shape, fun though it is to claim. It’s the other way around - grenades are named after pomegranates. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-trees-that-are-not-pome-or-stone-fruit/822514/25 "2018-10-09T00:28:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > That’s so interesting. Seriously. Has anyone eaten it? I want some. > And, pawpaws have a weird smell when fruit is on. > OP, maybe crabapple trees would work. They are so pretty in the spring. Most Breadfruit varieties have to be cooked (baked is best IMHO). Its quite starchy and tastes something like a sweet potato, not like any sort of sweet fruit. And like a potato,you get filled up fast so you can only eat a little. They are quite large, somewhere between a soft ball and a basketball. Even though they grow all over Hawaii, you’d be hard pressed to find them on a menu even in a local restaurant. Local “Tutu’s” know how the prepare them; try to get invited to someone’s home for a meal. They are almost always in season. The trees produce year round and the fruit holds on the tree for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-trees-that-are-not-pome-or-stone-fruit/822514/26 "2018-10-09T00:44:17Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Grapes grow on trees? You learn something every day. I have Muscadines. They are most definitely on a vine. They will climb up a tree if allowed to. You have to prune with a vengeance to keep them in line, on the vine, as it were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-trees-that-are-not-pome-or-stone-fruit/822514.md?page=1)