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Thailand

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Thai Long Green

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A variety of aubergine (US: eggplant) bearing pale green, sausage-shaped fruits in early to mid-season..

Thai olive

[English] plural Thai olives

Ceylon olives. A dull green fruit about the size of an olive. They are used in pickles. Called "Thai olives" when sold in Asian shops.

Thai snake bean

[English] plural Thai snake beans

Yard long bean

Thai snapper

/tigh SNA-puh/
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One of many types of red snapper.

The Claimant apple

/thuh KLAY-munt/
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A name for Queen, a variety of green cooking apple flushed and striped with red raised by Mr W Bull in Billericay in Essex in 1858 and awared the Royal Horticultural Society First Class Certificate in 1880. It cooks to a purée. This mid-season variety is harvested from mid-September in South-East England and is at its best from September to December.

The Gambia

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The George apple

/thuh JORJ/
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A name for Anne Elizabeth, a large, crisp, acid cooking apple with excellent storage qualities raised around 1857 in Leicester by Samuel Greatorex who named it after his daughter who died in 1868. The golden skin is flushed, striped and speckled with pinkish-red and it retains its shape when cooked. It gained the Royal Horticultural Society First Class Certificate in 1868. This apple also produces a pretty blossom. This is a late-season variety, harvested from early- to mid-October in South-East England, is stored and is at its best between November and April.

Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato

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An early variety of acorn squash which lasts well.

The Marche

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