We've been reading Adam Leith Gollner's entertaining book The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession
and Gollner mentions a number of intreguing internet resources, perfect for a little post holiday weekend surfing:More than you ever wanted to know about the world's smelliest fruit: Durian (Durian Palace)
The California Rare Fruit Growers, "Pushing the Limits of Fruit Growing, Worldwide" (CRFG)
The world's largest fig database (figs4fun)
The strange and obsene Coco de Mer, a fruit denintely NSFW (Earth Science Picture of the Day)
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Good interview with Adam titled 'Juicy Fruits' here http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thiswayup/20080809
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