Fruit

Fruit was edible organic (sometimes synthetic) plant matter. (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy ^[+]Loading...["Death and Diplomacy (novel)"])

Growth

Fruits grew on both trees and bushes. When fruit grew on these plants they could make the branches hang with the weight of the fruits. (PROSE: Human Nature ^[+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"], Where Angels Fear ^[+]Loading...["Where Angels Fear (novel)"], The Sleep of Reason ^[+]Loading...["The Sleep of Reason (novel)"]) A constant stable climate such as on Deva Loka enabled fruit trees to fruit in sequence throughout the year. (TV: Kinda ^[+]Loading...["Kinda (TV story)"])

Types of fruit on Gallifrey included ulanda, (PROSE: Blind Fury ^[+]Loading...["Blind Fury (short story)"]) trumpberries and Magenta Fruits. (PROSE: Lungbarrow ^[+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"])

A bowl of fruit. (TV: The Romans ^[+]Loading...["The Romans (TV story)"]

Cultivation

Before cultivation began human hunter-gatherers collected fruit as a tribe. (TV: "The Firemaker" ^[+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"The Firemaker (4)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"})

Box of fruit; part of a 20th century banquet in an alternate 22nd century. (TV: Day of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Fruits and vegetables were cultivated by many species. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)"])

Fruit trees were often grown and cultivated in orchards or groves. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora ^[+]Loading...["The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)"])

Classification

Berries were considered by the People as separate from fruit. (PROSE: The Also People ^[+]Loading...["The Also People (novel)"])

Graham O'Brien noted the avocado to be a fruit, while Ryan Sinclair believed it was a vegetable. (TV: The Tsuranga Conundrum ^[+]Loading...["The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)"])

Environmental effects

Due to a changing climate, the fruit on fruit trees (such as oranges) in an alternate Earth glowed due to the breakdown of the photosynthesis exchange with the impurities collecting in the tree's fruit and from excess unutilised phosphor in the plant. (PROSE: Blood Heat ^[+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])

History

21st century

A bowl of fruits, mainly pears. (TV: Closing Time ^[+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"])

A bowl of fruits, including pears, was present in the kitchen of Craig Owens and Sophie's house in 2011. (TV: Closing Time ^[+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"])

Undated events

At some point, the Ninth Doctor carried fruit and vegetables through the Los Angeles fashion district. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? ^[+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])