With summertime upon us, there are delectable local fruits on offer in markets and roadside fruit stands across Ontario, not to mention the extra helping of imported exotic fruits that line the grocery store shelves. But how many of us know the stories of adventure and commerce behind those pyramids of mangos and heaps of bananas? Or about the staggering cornucopia of outlandish fruits around the world that are not even represented on our grocery shelves? Who knew, for instance, there is such a specimen known as peanut butter fruit? Or a charichuela that tastes like lemonade-infused cotton candy? Or apples that tastes like cinnamon? This is only the tip of the iceberg of facts that crop up in Adam Leith Gollner’s book, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession. Read more