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	jelly and jam jelly and jam gelatinous, sweet food prepared by preserving fresh fruits. Since most fresh fruits contain about 80% water and from 10% to 15% sugar, they are subject to fermentation. They may be preserved by adding sugar and reducing the water content. Almost any fresh fruit can be made into jam by... Read more
	currant currant northern shrub of the family Saxifragaceae ( saxifrage family), of the same genus ( Ribes ) as the gooseberry bush. The tart berries of the currant may be black, white, or red; the white gooseberry becomes purple when mature. Both, especially the larger European species, are eaten fresh... Read more
	pie pie meat, fish, fowl, fruit, or vegetables baked with a crust of pastry , or pastry shells filled with custard or pudding. The pies of the Romans, especially at banquets in the days of the empire, were often elaborate concoctions, such as the showpieces in which were enclosed live birds. In... Read more
	pectin pectin any of a group of white, amorphous, complex carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruits and certain vegetables. Fruits rich in pectin are the peach, apple, currant, and plum. Protopectin, present in unripe fruits, is converted to pectin as the fruit ripens. Pectin forms a colloidal solution in... Read more
	gooseberry gooseberry as the first fruit of the summer, gooseberries were often traditionally eaten at Whitsun or at village feasts and celebrations.Children were traditionally told that babies were found under gooseberry bushes.In British informal use, someone who plays gooseberry is a third person who stays... Read more
	loquat loquat , small ornamental evergreen tree ( Eriobotrya japonica ) and its fruit. It belongs to the family Rosaceae ( rose family) and is probably indigenous to China. It has been grown from antiquity in Japan and N India and is cultivated also in Indochina, the Mediterranean region, and to some... Read more
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	rust rust in botany, name for various parasitic fungi of the order Uredinales and for the diseases of plants that they cause. Rusts form reddish patches of spores on the host plant. About 7,000 species are known. Some grow entirely on one plant; others require two hosts, plants of two species, in... Read more
	cherry cherry name for several species of trees or shrubs of the genus Prunus (a few are sometimes classed as Padus ) of the family Rosaceae ( rose family) and for their fruits. The small, round red to black fruits are botanically designated drupes, or stone fruits, as are those of the closely related... Read more
	Jelly Bean Jelly Bean Background The jelly bean is a semi-soft candy, shaped like a bean and generally fruit flavored. Long considered a traditional Easter candy, jelly beans are also produced in seasonal colors for other holidays such as Halloween and Independence Day. Basic jelly... Read more