The woman in the dressing room at Talbots was adamant: Southerners make jelly from loquats. "That's all." At least she knew what I was talking about. Although the lovely, evergreen loquat tree is ...

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Kumquat or loquat? If you are new to Central Florida you might find these two fruits easy to confuse. Their names are similar and both fruits are oblong and alike in size, about 1-2 inches long. But ...

Loquats recall an era when they — not avocados or oranges — were the marquee crop, a sign that Southern California was a subtropical paradise. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) My wife and I sped ...