Villager Zhang Jianwei's mother Huang Lanfang picks pepino melons in Luhua Village of Xijiekou Town, Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. Rows of shrubs ...

Pepino melon (Solanum maritacum) is a perennial shrub grown mainly for its juicy and aromatic fruits. The plant bears fruits that are bright green or yellow-green with some red or purple variegation.

The pepino melon, native to South America, is favored by Vietnamese consumers due to its special skin and faint aroma. Nguyen Dinh from the Central Highland province of Da Lat was the first person to ...

The hunt's over. After more than a year of searching the produce sections of local groceries, I finally found the pepino melon (aka tree melon or melon pear). Apple-size, oval-shaped and light-gold ...

Zakayo Mogotio, 46, had to switch to Pepino melons and other crops after he incurred losses from tree tomatoes which were attacked by a disease and wiped out. He is currently farming Pepino melons in ...

Villager Zhang Jianwei selects pepino melons in Luhua Village of Xijiekou Town, Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Cheng Min) Up to date, pepino ...

From an initial investment of Shs2m a farmer investing in one acre of pepino melon farming is capable of making Shs6m within three months. The amount is three times higher than a farmer who plants ...

It's sometimes called a tree melon, but it grows on a 3-foot-tall shrub. It smells like honeydew but tastes like a sweet cucumber. It's a tasty Andean native, both refreshing and pleasantly sweet, but ...