soft fruits

Strawberries and raspberries

Soft fruits are small, fleshy fruits that bruise easily and have a short shelf life—berries like strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and currants.

The term is used primarily in British English, especially in gardening and commercial contexts: The soft fruits are ripening nicely this year.

Distinguished from tree fruits like apples and stone fruits like peaches.

Related

summer berries · pick your own · peach · plum · cherries · raspberry · currant · wild berries · mulberries · kiwifruit · gooseberry · red currant · mango · coulis · berry compote · boysenberry · cassis · nectarine

Opposites
fruit texture/firmness

soft fruitsapples

Round tree fruit

pears · citrus fruits · oranges · lemons · coconuts

botanical/culinary category

soft fruitstropical fruits

Produce from hot climates

drupes · stone fruits · citrus · citrus fruits · nuts

Family

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G