The fig tree, of the Moraceae family, grows on the Mediterranean basin where it has been cultivated for thousands of years. In France, figs were first harvested under Louis XIV.

The melon is the fruit of an herbaceous plant of the same name discovered in Africa.

A fruit from the prunus domestica family, the Mirabelle is, by definition, “beautiful to look at”, from the Italian mira bella.

Pirum is the Latin word for pear; it refers to the edible fruit that grows both in summer and in winter.

This citrus fruit has been cultivated for 3,000 years and belongs to the Rutaceae family.

The tomato, a berry of the Solanaceae family, is one of the most popular fruits in the world. Few people know that it was first grown in South America, and that its name comes from the Inca “tomalt”.