Instead of apricot, peach or other similar stonefruit jellies and jams, top your toast with this sweet use for loquats. Instructions: Select full-size loquats that are still hard. Wash the loquats and ...

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 ...

The Chasco Fiesta has come and gone. The county fair, too. But festival season is still in full swing in Florida. This weekend brings a few local offerings to check out. • Scoop up loquat preserves or ...

If there's anything more prolific than wildflowers right now, it's loquats, those yellowish orange fruits that, despite the name, are unrelated to kumquats but equally as edible. Haven't heard of them ...

I first became acquainted with the loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl) in South Florida many years ago when we were looking for a fast-growing fruit tree providing a privacy screen for the rear of ...

My son remembers climbing Grandma’s backyard fence to pick the loquats from a heavily laden branch of the neighbor’s tree. The neighbor planted the tree when I was a youngster, and I had watched it ...

You might not even know its name, but this mysterious orange fruit can be found growing on trees all over Houston. To help you identify loquats as you start noticing them all over the ground, we've ...

Market Off Main owners Rose Mohr, right, and Jerry Fuss prepare a loquat pie while testing recipes for Saturday’s event. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven ...

Wash off the loquats, put them in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer slowly until you've reduced the amount of liquid in the pan by a good third. Separate out the pips, skin ...