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Fruit Love Letters
Fruit Love Letters
Whetstone Radio Collective

Fruit Love Letters is a curious dive into the Anthropocene through fruit-colored glasses. Host Jessamine Starr may not be a botanist, historian,... more

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Episodes

Fruit Utopia - The Preston B. Bird and Mary Heinlein Fruit and Spice Park

In this episode @Jessaminestarr visits a real fruit utopia, the @fruitandspice park in Homeland, Fl. It is a county park... more

15 Mar 2022 · 37 minutes
The Fig - Mother of all Fruit

"I could label you divine, godly as many have, but you are a fruit of the womb." The fig is myth,... more

08 Mar 2022 · 34 minutes
The Mulberry's Imprint on History

"You are the last tree to flower, and the first to fruit. Both holding on and letting go almost simultaneously,... more

01 Mar 2022 · 34 minutes
The Improbable Path of the Avocado Pit

"I always knew you were special; then I discovered that you are very special - and evolutionary anachronism, a scientific... more

22 Feb 2022 · 31 minutes
The Persimmon - A Sweet Summer Package for Winter Eating

"You taste like a humid August night on my tongue." Every fruit...and every orchard has a story. Persimmon’s stories are perhaps... more

15 Feb 2022 · 34 minutes
The Beautiful Complexities of the Apple

“Writing to you is akin to writing a single letter to all the humans.” Humans have been tinkering with crossbreeds... more

08 Feb 2022 · 28 minutes
The Subtly Essential Ingredient for Equatorial Chefs

“Your tangy earthbound pulp, a portal to biological brilliance.” Tamarind is a key ingredient to the wheelhouse of many equatorial... more

01 Feb 2022 · 31 minutes
Cultivated or Wild the Blueberry Has a Story to Tell

"Even so, I cannot move away from my ‘self’/perpetually residing in a blueberry cave." Jessamine learns the history of both the... more

25 Jan 2022 · 29 minutes
The Native Fruit Worth Remembering

“A perfume so intense it confuses the senses.” One of North America’s least-known native fruits, the pawpaw deserves a stage... more

18 Jan 2022 · 33 minutes
The Fruit the World Can't Help But Love

"Strand me on an island with one food, I always choose you." This is an impassioned ode to the mango. Host... more

11 Jan 2022 · 28 minutes
Fruit Love Letters
Fruit Utopia - The Preston B. Bird and Mary Heinlein Fruit and Spice Park
Fruit Love Letters