Loquats are small fruits with a sweet, slightly tart flavor. Recent research suggests that loquats may offer a variety of health benefits, including protection against some diseases. The loquat ...

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 ...

A loquat tree grew in the garden of Nicole Routhier's childhood home in southern France. Her mother used to eat the juicy, apricot-colored fruit straight from the tree. When Routhier, author of Nicole ...

Jeff Williams, a chef at Purlieu, had never made anything with loquats before this week, when life handed them to him. Well, actually, owner John Zucker told him about a large loquat tree in the yard ...

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If you have a loquat tree and are wondering what in the world to do with all of the fruit, you are not alone. It seems that everyone in Tallahassee with a loquat tree is having a bumper crop this year ...

My son remembers climbing Grandma’s backyard fence to pick the loquats from a heavily laden branch of the neighbor’s tree. Meyerland florist Sallie McKnight had planted that tree in her backyard, and ...

SANTA CRUZ >> There are a lot of good reasons for picking the loquats that are about the fall from trees all over Santa Cruz County, including saving food from the waste stream, lowering your carbon ...

Question: I have a loquat that goes into bloom about twice a year. It’s about 12 to 14 feet tall and I have had it about 10 years, but to date it has never borne any fruit. I see other loquats in the ...

Hello loquat! Where have you been all my life? Oh, yeah. I remember. You are that little ornamental tree that occupied a corner of my neighbor’s yard forever. But this year, you outdid yourself, and ...

My wife and I sped through the streets of Santa Ana, weaving down side streets and around double-parked cars, in search of the magic house. The one with all the loquats. Today, they’re the happiest ...