For a long time during my adult years I thought loquat was not real. I had not seen one since my childhood. Perhaps I dreamed it. I might mention it to someone who thought I meant kumquat. I didn't mean kumquat. It is not the same fruit at all. Most people have never heard of a loquat.
I was troubled by this, since I think I have a good memory and was sure I had seen and eaten loquats. Yellow, delicious, large brown seed inside.
But have you ever seen one or even heard of such a thing? Does the market where you shop have them? My guess is, No.
So I looked it up.
Loquat: 1 a small evergreen tree (Eriobotrya japonica) of the rose family, native to
I feel much better now.
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I first learned about loguat when I saw the fruit on a tree in the backyard of a very strange yet sweet old man in Berkeley. So I know they exist.
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