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Reed avocados are large, round fruits with slightly pebbled thick green skins that remain green when ripe. They have creamy, pale green to golden flesh around a medium-sized seed. They have a rich, nutty flavor and buttery texture.

Tropical avocados are a large, pear-shaped fruit with skin that remains green even when ripe. Because of this characteristic they are also known as green-skin avocados. The fruit is very heavy, weighing up to a pound or more, and can reach a foot in length. The creamy-yellow flesh is more fibrous than that of other avocados, with high water content and a mild flavor. These avocados also have a significantly lower fat content and 1/3 the calories of non-tropical varieties. Tropical avocados are also sometimes known as Florida avocados, and more than 50 varieties, including the reed, are grown in the state

Hass avocados are the only year-round variety. They’re oval-shaped with a thick, pebbled skin that turns from green to purple-black when ripe. They have creamy, pale green flesh with a classic avocado flavor.

Cavendish bananas have been the classic lunchbox variety since the late 1950s. They’re long, slightly curved and cylindrical, with slightly pointed ends. Their skins are bright green when unripe and ripen to a bright golden yellow, gaining black freckles or spots as they continue to ripen. They have a classic banana flavor and are available year-round.

Nino (or baby) bananas are short and stubby, about three inches long, and have thin green skins that turn bright yellow, with some black spots, when fully ripe. They have a rich, sweet, honey-like flavor.

Red bananas have a purple or maroon-red skin that makes them a distinctive sight. They are squatter than a cavendish and its cream-colored flesh often has a light pink or pale orange hue. Sweeter than a traditional banana, they are a great choice to use for sampling with consumers

Manzano bananas are short and chubby with thick yellow skins that turn completely black when ripe. They’re sometimes called the apple banana because of their apple-like flavor when immature. When fully ripe, they have a more tropical, pineapple flavor.

The golden pineapple fruit is barrel- or pine cone-shaped with a rough, green to golden brown-colored rind and is topped with a crown of spiky green leaves. The fragrant, juicy flesh is brilliant yellow and intensely sweet.

These gold-variety pineapples are grown exclusively in the Hawaiian islands. They are otherwise similar to other golden pineapple varieties, with sweet, fragrant and juicy golden yellow flesh.

Brown coconuts are the mature fruit of the coconut palm. They have coarse brown hair on their outer shells, with three “eyes,” or brown circles. Inside they have a water-filled cavity surrounded by firm, chewy white flesh. A good quality coconut will be heavy for its size with enough juice to cause a sloshing sound and will be free of cracks and

Young or water coconuts are immature coconuts, with green, smooth, thin shells, and are harvested for their water content, rather than their meat. Coconut water can be drunk right from the fruit, or drained for other uses. It has a slightly sweet flavor

White coconuts are the medium-young fruit of the coconut palm. They look similar to a mature brown coconut but have cream-colored to ivory outer shells covered with white hairs. The liquid in their internal cavity is sweet and milky, and their meat is very moist, with a slightly floral aroma.