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Default Can you help me with what this fruit is?

koko wrote:

> I bought this at the Farmer's Market yesterday. The man told me what
> it was but I forgot. He also gave me some passionfruit to eat with it.
> He told me to let it ripen until it's like a ripe avocado then eat it
> with a little piece of passionfruit.
> http://i26.tinypic.com/264pe6c.jpg
>
> I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. Please help me.
> Yes I did google.


If it's pinkish inside with soft, slightly crunchy seeds, it's a guava. It's
a bit hard to say beyond that, because the skin on those looks a bit like
citrus skin, and guavas don't have skins like citrus. If the skin is soft
and thin, then it's a guava.

Bob