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Name them in your country dialect...

For me its;

Chennet

Pomerac

Pommecythere

Mango

In reply to problemjay

Sweetsop

Custard-apple

Naseberry

Star-apple

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Jackfruit

In reply to problemjay

Pomerac
Mango
Governor Plum
Guava

Honourable mention: Dongs

In reply to problemjay

Pum Pum
Avocado

Only two fruits i eat

Sappodilla
Sumutu
Fat poke
Cashew
Cocorite

In reply to Halliwell

I eh eat dongs in years

In reply to nitro

Naseberry
East Indian Mango
Sweetsap
Orange

Donz, Jamun, Buxon spice mango & Ginnips!



Sapodilla!

Pommcythere
Kymit....kaimite
Pawpaw
Julie Mango

Puttigal...portugal

In reply to Impotentjay

In reply to Drapsey

Yuh steal most of mine, just drop out star-apple and replace with Julie Mango

Sapodilla
Balata
Mango
Guava

Sapodilla
Mango
Guava
Tamarind with salt and peppa

In reply to problemjay

Ortanique
Bombay Mango
Golden Apple
Sapodilla

You all should paste a link to show what those fruit looks like. So many I have never heard of:

Ortanique
Balata
Pommcythere
Kymit....kaimite
Pawpaw
Naseberry
Chennet
Pomerac
Pommecythere
Fat poke
Cocorite

There must be a different name for some of those listed.

Ackees
Dunks
Bajan Cherries
Fat Porks


AcKees are Guineps in other islands
and Bajan Cherries are Acerola berry

In reply to Chrissy

In reply to XFactor

you have not heard of them because where you from may have different names for same fruits. The idea for me behind this thread is for others to look up and research the names so they can see the different names for same fruits from their island.

As we can see the naming of fruits is another one of differences between Caribbean countries. Some say we are similar but we are still different in several ways

DuppySoursop made me laff a few days ago, and I haven’t stopped yet!

Golden apples
Sugar apples
Mammy apples
Hog plum

Jack Fruit
Sapodilla/naseberry
sweetsop
Mango

Sour sop

Pa we mango

Golden apple

Pear(Avocado)

In reply to problemjay

Pum Pum is the most versatile fruit, it is also meat...pork like!

In reply to Drapsey

Look bro - we used to climb granny's tree to pick sapodilla. They became Nasberries when I was an adult. How come you missed di Golden Apples - they are called June plumbs in di Yard.

How do you know when a Pear(Avocado) and a Sugar apple are ripe to eat?

In reply to TheTrail

You from Mars?

In reply to Sudden

In reply to Chrissy

My surprise is that I appear to be the only one who likes Custard-apples.

Seet yah...

In reply to TheTrail
When you go to the store, what make you choose the pears and mangoes you buy?
I am not surprise you asked that question.
My nephews a few yers ago, stopped me from buying mangoes in Ousting, he drove to St. Andrews and got me a pale.
He said he has never bought a mango.
I am quite sure with all the tree you planted in Western Canada, you must have seen and enjoyed a variety of apples, cherries and berries, the same way you know though fruits were ripe, in the same to fruits in the region.

In reply to openning

In reply to TheTrail
Don't tell me you have never picked fruit from the trees in Mount Wilton.
BTW, is Mount Wilton in Bim?

I know Fat Pokes as Fat Porks

I know Dungs/Dongs/Donz as Donks - Lord have mercy that fruit got many names.. I think Jamaicans call them coolie plums but I could be wrong..Jamaicans rename everything look dem here

ginneps or what bajans call ackees look much nicer in the tree than they actually taste to me..

interesting that I haven't heard anyone mention the chilli plum..look dem here

de Julie mango is de king/queen of all fruit fa me but a decent Nam Dok mango is right up there wid it..just don't eat the skin.

fried plantain deserve honorable mention..

In reply to openning

Is their a mount anywhere in Bim?
I know a few Mout a massie Bajans but no mounts

In reply to TheTrail

Man when it comes to fruit trees in Bim there is v little I don’t know. Avocados don’t get soft on the tree. You have to eyeball them and if they look plump and full you pick them to ripen on the kitchen counter or wherever.

I would not even discuss sugar apples or sweetsops as the Jamaicans call them

Man I have dragon fruits growing in Bim and lychee and cherimoyas and others you never heard about

SpudzMcKenzie where are you?

In reply to Chrissy
Here is one.
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There is also Chalky Mount

Pommecythere- golden apple
Caimit - star apple...especially the one with purple white juicy dripping flesh

In reply to Courtesy

Man for years ah in Bim looking for Barbarees Hill and cyah find it cause de ting is just a slight incline and ah was looking for a hill

Mount Hillaby is located in St.Andrew, Barbados. It is the highest point in Barbados. Approximately 1500 feet above sea level.

Mount Wilton is not too far away and it is located in St.Thomas, Barbados.

The G Xers are buying up the land before them....take all of it. We can see the whole of Bridgetown and the Deepwater Harbour lit up at night or on a clear day.

De kid gets on Kemar case at time but he is right on this one.


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In reply to TheTrail

Same can be seen from cave hill, shop hill and from gun hill and mount hill

In reply to TheTrail
A guy came back from USA , went to town and brought some pears from a hawker, he paid about $8.00 for 2 .

Next day , his mum went to town and brought the same pears for 2/$4, when his mum came home, he asked how much she paid , she said $4 for both .He was upset and said to his mum , the hawker robbed him.

His mum said him what did you asked the Hawker for, he said 'Avocadoes', his mum said to him I asked for "pears". you asked for Avocadoes.

In reply to tc1

In reply to tc1

Oh shoite!! Dah fuh lick he!!!

He got de fancy price.

In reply to sudden
I once stayed at my friend's house in Wanstead Heights, at night on his patio, it felt like we were over the ocean.
Where is Mount Hill?
I've travelled around the Island on a Motor cycle before I left the Island, hearing these names, tells me I know only a few areas.

In reply to tc1
That almost happened to me, I was with my mom, and asked the vendor what was the price of the Advocadoes, she said one for $2, this was 1972.
My mother pushed me out of the way and said we don't need any, the next vendor my mom said, "Sis what the price of your Pears", two for a dollar, when we were out of anyone ears, my mother said to me, these people know when a Jackass is in Barbados, you come here asking for Advocadoes.

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In reply to openning

In reply to openning

In reply to openning

there is a central ridge in Bim that runs from the Mount Pleasant area in St Phillip through St George (Mount Hil, Mount Plantation just past Ellerton) through Free hill and Gun Hill, Grand View, Shop Hill in St Thomas and right down to St James.

there are lesser ridges that include Cave Hill and Wanstead.

other localised ridges are in St John, Christ Church, St Peter, St Lucy and other parishes

In reply to XFactor

In reply to sudden
Thanks, I know very little of the rock.

In reply to problemjay