summer fruit
Warm-weather harvest
Summer fruit refers to fruits that ripen and are harvested during summer months—peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, berries, melons, and the like.
The term evokes seasonal abundance and freshness: The farmers market overflows with summer fruit in July.
Summer fruits are often eaten fresh rather than preserved, prized for their juiciness and sweetness at peak ripeness.
- cantaloupeOrange-fleshed melon variety
- watermelonVine fruit with red flesh
- nectarineHairless peach variety
- blueberrySmall edible Vaccinium fruit
- berry pickingHarvesting small fruits manually
juicy bite · smoothies · fresh squeezed · sorbet · popsicle stick · farmers' market · cherry · apricot · picnic · backyard barbecue · mango · chutney · cobbler · drupe · peach · harvest festival · plum · pie
summer fruitwinter fruit
Produce available in cold months
citrus · apples · pears · persimmons · pomegranates
summer fruittropical fruit
Warm-region edible plant product
bananas · pineapples · papayas · mangoes · coconuts