# pictures of fruit inside different fruit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986 "2010-10-04T09:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/1 "2010-10-04T09:13:14Z")
Back in the 1980’s we used to buy photographs of fruit inside other fruit. For example, inside an apple would be an orange. (If I remember correctly sometimes there was other foods, like eggs). It wasn’t photoshopped, but the guy actually physically put the two fruits together. Very cool stuff. We lived in San Francisco at the time, but I don’t know if he was a local artist or this was a nationwide thing. Anyone remember it? Know the guys name? Does he still do it - and if so, how has Photoshop affected his work and audience? ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/2 "2010-10-04T16:41:14Z")
I remember them, but I couldn’t tell you who did them. They’d occasionally turn up in a dentist’s office or an office lobby. Yes, they were very weird. And I didn’t know they’d been actually staged as you described. I thought they were a result of some trick photography. ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/3 "2012-06-10T19:33:50Z")
Still wondering about this - anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/4 "2012-06-10T20:01:11Z")
Didn’t we [go through this already?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651470)😉 ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/5 "2012-06-10T20:25:08Z")
I remember them too from the same area and time. Also things like a broccoli ‘tree’ with fruit hanging down from it. I can’t find any images that I saw back then, but that sort of ‘art’ is still being [done](http://favim.com/image/173645/). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/6 "2012-06-10T20:31:42Z")
found mine, a pineapple sliced to reveal watermelon inside, and a lemon cut open to spill out a raw egg white and yolk. On the back of each, it says: Incredible Edibles 146 Everson Street. San Francisco, Calif 94131 Tel. (415) 771-1433 Copyright Incredible Edibles 1969 ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/7 "2012-06-10T21:30:58Z")
I have the same set, Qadgop! There is a third with a pear inside the peel of an orange. Family lore says that my great grandmother won them in some sort of newspaper crossword contest but that doesn’t make sense, and would put the timing much too early anyway if they are from 1969. I suspect someone called them ugly and my grandmother made up the story to avoid admitting paying for them. I don’t care, though. I inherited them and they are proudly displayed in my dining room. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/8 "2012-06-10T21:35:03Z")
Yes, we have more someplace in storage too. Including the broccoli trees with cherries dangling from the branches, and a few others I don’t presently recall. I inherited my collection too. I’ve not been able to turn up anything by googling the info I included above, though. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/9 "2012-06-10T21:42:03Z")
Found a few photos on google images [http://www.puzzlehistory.com/ediblb.jpg](http://www.puzzlehistory.com/ediblb.jpg) [http://www.puzzlehistory.com/edibla.jpg](http://www.puzzlehistory.com/edibla.jpg) [![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61n2RimQfBL.jpg) ](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61n2RimQfBL.jpg) lots more on ebay. Seems they enjoyed some popularity as jigsaw puzzles. One link proclaims: “inspired by the art of Ed Pardee” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/10 "2012-06-10T21:45:15Z")
Here’s an article about the phenomenon and artist from 1986: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19860205&id=RWYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AisEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5427,3724664](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19860205&id=RWYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AisEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5427,3724664) Well, that told me more than I wanted to know on the topic. Just google “ed pardee” and “incredible edibles” and you’ll find lots of info. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/11 "2012-06-10T21:51:26Z")
FWIW, the artist name is Ed Pardee. [eBay](http://www.ebay.com/itm/INCREDIBLE-EDIBLES-Set-6-posters-EWG-Pardee-/120505605899) has a set of 6 for sale. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/12 "2012-06-10T23:02:59Z")
Isn’t there some sort of prohibition in Leviticus against this sort of thing? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/14 "2016-01-24T14:58:23Z")
Reported. ( **Linda555555** ) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986/15 "2016-01-24T15:45:06Z")
Try eBay, **Linda**. This isn’t a marketplace. But please join us and have a lively discussion about mixed fruit, gluten, or even getting one’s salad, well, prepared. Or anything else you might want to discuss.