A research team investigated the dynamics of soluble sugars in 'Zaozhong 6' loquat fruits following treatment with methyl jasmonate (MeJA). Their findings revealed that MeJA accelerates sugar ...

The woman in the dressing room at Talbots was adamant: Southerners make jelly from loquats. "That's all." At least she knew what I was talking about. Although the lovely, evergreen loquat tree is ...

Look up before it's too late -- there's a forager's feast hanging from branches in the Cape Fear region right now. Loquat trees are often planted for their hardy evergreen foliage and handsome, almost ...

A Facebook photo from 31 Produce in Alva led me to a bin of ripe loquats, a fruit I had never seen or eaten. I ate the whole bag. Loquats, also known as Japanese plums, are members of the Rosaceae ...

Loquat, a fruit tree native that grows well in the Mediterranean climate of Northern California, is back in season. Here's how to use this delicate fruit. I'd never tasted a loquat until I moved to ...

Who knew San Antonio was so loco for loquats? Well, we certainly learned as much after publishing a short story celebrating the fruit’s arrival online and in the Express-News Taste section last week.

Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), also called Japanese plum and Japanese medlar, is a native of China but grows abundantly in Florida, both cultivated and in the wild. When my family first moved here from ...

One of my favorite trees at the University grows right behind the herbarium. It’s been there for years (the building was constructed about 1974), and is now about 25’ tall. (I’m terrible at estimating ...

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center Amiram Moerman loves his pomegranates. In fact, Moerman, 85, ...