The woman in the dressing room at Talbots was adamant: Southerners make jelly from loquats. "That's all." At least she knew what I was talking about. Although the lovely, evergreen loquat tree is ...

I have a beautiful loquat in the backyard that has been producing nice fruits, however, a friend of mine began bringing her loquat fruits in, which are two to three times larger than mine. Are there ...

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SANTA CRUZ >> There are a lot of good reasons for picking the loquats that are about the fall from trees all over Santa Cruz County, including saving food from the waste stream, lowering your carbon ...

Who knew San Antonio was so loco for loquats? Well, we certainly learned as much after publishing a short story celebrating the fruit’s arrival online and in the Express-News Taste section last week.

Every year around this time, loquat lovers unite around the pale yellow fruits that are growing — mostly unnoticed and unappreciated — on trees all over Central Texas. Some homeowners loathe the ...

A Facebook photo from 31 Produce in Alva led me to a bin of ripe loquats, a fruit I had never seen or eaten. I ate the whole bag. Loquats, also known as Japanese plums, are members of the Rosaceae ...

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Loquats have been cultivated for more than 2,000 years in China. The numerous health benefits of this fruit have resulted in it being commercially cultivated in more than 30 countries worldwide, ...