Jack fruit. The fruits can be enormous, up to 1 meter (3 ft) in length and weigh as much as 100 lb (45 kg). For this reason they are most often sold ready cut, in sections. The colour of the flesh varies with the variety, and can be anything from yellow to pink. In appearance the exterior may b e light green, ripening to yellow brown, and covered in hard, knobbly spines. They grow in the Western Ghats range of mountains in India.
The seeds of the potentially enormous jack fruit can be peeled and cooked and have a flavour of chestnuts.
A large, red tomato variety with little flavour.
A round, orange variety of pumpkin, perfect for Hallowe'en lanterns.
A large white dried heirloom bean. Steve Sando or Rancho Gordo describes these as "used mostly for Baked Beans and with a wax potato taste and texture".
The breed standards state that the Jacob sheep is an alert, active sheep being upstanding and deep bodied, white with well defined black patches. Head and neck are generally black with a white blaze on the face extending down the chest. Both sexes are horned, bearing either two or four. Generally bred for wool.
