GOREAN FRUIT

         There is huge variety of fruit on Gor,         

 as is on Earth, some existing on both planets (1) and others only on one (2), with the one exception of the tree fruit from the Bar tree that is native to neither one but comes from the planet of the Kurii:

One, too, dug him tubers, wild suls, and the other brought him tree fruit, kerneled pods which dangle from the Bar tree, native, as we understand it, neither to Earth or Gor.

Kur of Gor     Book 28     Page 183

1. The books explicitly mention as existing on Gor the following fruit we know from earth:

Plums, melons (various sorts), peach, apricot, pear, grape, date, pomegranate, cherries and chokecherries (Aronia), olives.

For the berries, we may assume the existence of strawberries and blueberries (to be discussed)

For the nuts, many sorts should exist but only chestnut and nutmeg are mentioned, so the Chestnut tree and the Nutmeg Tree have to exist; we might further assume the existence of Hazelnuts, Walnuts, etc.

2. Then there are those few fruits native to Gor:

Ka-la-na, Larma, Tospit, Iron fruit (only in the North)

Berries:  Gim berries (purple), ram berries (reddish; many-seeded)

Nuts: No native Gorean nut is mentioned. 

Quotes

Another device, common in Port Kar, is for the girl to kneel before the master and put her head down and lift her arms, offering him fruit, usually a larma, or a yellow Gorean peach, ripe and fresh.

Tribesmen of Gor Book 10, p.27

At the oasis will be grown a hybrid, brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. At the oasis, because of the warm climate, the farmers can grow two or more crops a year.

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 37

The vendors come early to the market, leaving their villages outside of Tor in the morning darkness, that they may find a yard of pavement, preferably near the market gate, to display their wares. I was jostled to one side by two men in djellabas. My ankle stung. I had nearly stepped into a basket of plums. Not even looking up, a woman had cried out, and, with a stick lashed out, protecting her merchandise.

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 45

I brushed away two sellers of apricots and spices.

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 45

In her hand there was a half of a yellow Gorean pear, the remains of a half moon of verr cheese imbedded in it.

Explorers of Gor     Book 13     Page 62

"Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the yellowish, red-striped spheres towards me.

Tribesmen of Gor pg.45

similar to honeydew melon, it is served chilled and sliced.

"Tribesmen of Gor, p. 45"

I distended my nostrils, screening the scents of the room. I rejected the smell of moldy straw, of wastes. From outside I could smell date palms, pomegranates.

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 115

"Pomegranate orchards lie at the east of the oasis." I said. "Gardens lie inward. There is even a pond, between two of the groves of date palms."

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 174

In her hand there was a half of a yellow Gorean pear, the remains of a half moon of verr cheese imbedded in it.

Explorers of Gor    Book 13  pg.62

The incident had had to do with the theft of several melons from the chief's patch.

Explorers of Gor     Book 13     Page 219

The girl lifted her head then and, timidly, lifted the ripe, rounded fruit which she held in her hands, Gorean peaches and plums, to me.

Rogue of Gor     Book 15     Page 194

"In Kantasawi," he said, "the moon when the plums are red." This was the moon following the next moon, which is known variously as Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut, or Canpasapawi, the moon when the chokecherries are ripe.

Savages of Gor     Book 17     Page 253

The current moon was Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut. It is sometimes known also as Canpasapawi, or the moon when the chokecherries are ripe.

Blood Brothers of Gor     Book 18     Page 5

"It is early," I said. It was not due in the country of the Kaiila until Kantasawi, the moon in which the plums become red. This was only Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut, or, as some call it, Canpasapawi, the moon in which the chokecherries are ripe.

Blood Brothers of Gor     Book 18     Pages 21 - 22

He also gave me a slice of dried larma, some raisins and a plum.

Kajira of Gor     Book 19     Page 216

Here and there I heard vendors hawking goods. One had pastries, another sweets. Another fellow, somewhere, was selling apricots.

Witness of Gor     Book 26     Page 422

"Apricots! Apricots!" called a vendor.

Witness of Gor     Book 26     Page 431

Kal-da itself, a drink usually served uncomfortably hot, at least in my opinion, is made from diluted ka-la-na wine, usually of an inferior grade, mixed with citrus juices, such as those of larmas and tospits, and strong, often fiery, spices.

Warriors of Gor     Book 37     Page 268

"The lipstick is flavored," I said. "I know", she said. "It reminds me of the cherries of Tyros," I said.

Beasts of Gor, p. 349, end of ch. 28 

"The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bosk steak and yellow bread, peas and Torian olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese."

Assassin of Gor     Book 5     Page 168

"Clitus, too, had brought two bottles of Ka-la-na wine, a string of eels, cheese of the Verr, and a sack of red olives from the groves of Tyros."

Raiders of Gor     Book 6     Page 114

"And there would be, too, behind the counter, in baskets, grapes, tospits, larmas, nuts, and olives, and, in blocks, cheeses, and, in its amphorae to be lifted from its racks, cheap ka-la-na."

Plunder of Gor     Book 34     Page 251

Berries

"A guard was with us, and we were charged with filling our leather buckets with ram berries, a small, reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small seeds."

Captive of Gor p. 305

"I knew enough of the forest within the wands to recognize many things outside them which might be eaten; leafy Tur-Pah, parasitic on Tur trees, of course, but, too, certain plants whose roots were edible, as the wild Sul; and there were flat ground pods in tangles which I could tear open, iron fruit whose shells might be broken between rocks, and autumn gim berries, purple and juicy, perhaps named for the bird, whose cast fruit lies under the snow, the seeds surviving until spring, when one in a thousand might germinate.

The berries are tasty. They do mark the tongue and, if one is not careful, the mouth."

Smugglers of Gor     Book 32     Page 243

"Then, given cloths, to be fashioned into sacks, we were sent into the woods to gather gim berries, under the supervision of short-haired Hiza."

Smugglers of Gor     Book 32     Page 292

"I now had no fear, at least at present, at least until winter, of starving in the forest. Other than Tur-Pah, I could recognize the leafage which betokened Suls, usually found in the open, in drier, sandier soils, and was familiar with a number of edible nuts and berries, such as ram berries and gim berries, the latter common at this time of year. Even the horrid sip root was edible, despite its bitterness."

Smugglers of Gor     Book 32     Pages 441 - 442

Nuts

"There is little market in simple Laura for the more exquisite goods of Gor. Seldom will one find there Torian rolls of gold wire, interlocking cubes of silver from Tharna, rubies carved into tiny, burning panthers from Schendi, nutmegs and cloves, spikenard and peppers from the lands east of Bazi, the floral brocades, the perfumes of Tyros, the dark wines, the gorgeous, diaphanous silks of glorious Ar."

Captive of Gor     Book 7     Page 86

"In the cafes I had feasted well. I had, had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod, with slices of peppers and larma, and roasted; vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions and honey; a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg, hot Bazi tea, sugared, and, later, Turian wine."

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Pages 47 - 48

                                          GOREAN FRUIT 

There is huge variety of fruit on Gor, as is on Earth, some existing on both planets (1) and others only on one (2), with the one exception of the tree fruit from the Bar tree that is native to neither one but comes from the planet of the Kurii:

One, too, dug him tubers, wild suls, and the other brought him tree fruit, kerneled pods which dangle from the Bar tree, native, as we understand it, neither to Earth or Gor.

Kur of Gor     Book 28     Page 183

1. The books explicitly mention as existing on Gor the following fruit we know from earth:

Plums, melons (various sorts), peach, apricot, pear, grape, date, pomegranate, cherries and chokecherries (Aronia), olives.

For the berries, we may assume the existence of strawberries and blueberries (to be discussed)

For the nuts, many sorts should exist but only chestnut and nutmeg are mentioned, so the Chestnut tree and the Nutmeg Tree have to exist; we might further assume the existence of Hazelnuts, Walnuts, etc.

2. Then there are those few fruits native to Gor:

Ka-la-na, Larma, Tospit, Iron fruit (only in the North)

Berries:  Gim berries (purple), ram berries (reddish; many-seeded)

Nuts: No native Gorean nut is mentioned. 

Quotes

Another device, common in Port Kar, is for the girl to kneel before the master and put her head down and lift her arms, offering him fruit, usually a larma, or a yellow Gorean peach, ripe and fresh.

Tribesmen of Gor Book 10, p.27

At the oasis will be grown a hybrid, brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. At the oasis, because of the warm climate, the farmers can grow two or more crops a year.

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 37

The vendors come early to the market, leaving their villages outside of Tor in the morning darkness, that they may find a yard of pavement, preferably near the market gate, to display their wares. I was jostled to one side by two men in djellabas. My ankle stung. I had nearly stepped into a basket of plums. Not even looking up, a woman had cried out, and, with a stick lashed out, protecting her merchandise.

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 45

I brushed away two sellers of apricots and spices.

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 45

In her hand there was a half of a yellow Gorean pear, the remains of a half moon of verr cheese imbedded in it.

Explorers of Gor     Book 13     Page 62

"Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the yellowish, red-striped spheres towards me.

Tribesmen of Gor pg.45

similar to honeydew melon, it is served chilled and sliced.

"Tribesmen of Gor, p. 45"

I distended my nostrils, screening the scents of the room. I rejected the smell of moldy straw, of wastes. From outside I could smell date palms, pomegranates.

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 115

"Pomegranate orchards lie at the east of the oasis." I said. "Gardens lie inward. There is even a pond, between two of the groves of date palms."

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 174

In her hand there was a half of a yellow Gorean pear, the remains of a half moon of verr cheese imbedded in it.

Explorers of Gor    Book 13  pg.62

The incident had had to do with the theft of several melons from the chief's patch.

Explorers of Gor     Book 13     Page 219

The girl lifted her head then and, timidly, lifted the ripe, rounded fruit which she held in her hands, Gorean peaches and plums, to me.

Rogue of Gor     Book 15     Page 194

"In Kantasawi," he said, "the moon when the plums are red." This was the moon following the next moon, which is known variously as Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut, or Canpasapawi, the moon when the chokecherries are ripe.

Savages of Gor     Book 17     Page 253

The current moon was Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut. It is sometimes known also as Canpasapawi, or the moon when the chokecherries are ripe.

Blood Brothers of Gor     Book 18     Page 5

"It is early," I said. It was not due in the country of the Kaiila until Kantasawi, the moon in which the plums become red. This was only Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut, or, as some call it, Canpasapawi, the moon in which the chokecherries are ripe.

Blood Brothers of Gor     Book 18     Pages 21 - 22

He also gave me a slice of dried larma, some raisins and a plum.

Kajira of Gor     Book 19     Page 216

Here and there I heard vendors hawking goods. One had pastries, another sweets. Another fellow, somewhere, was selling apricots.

Witness of Gor     Book 26     Page 422

"Apricots! Apricots!" called a vendor.

Witness of Gor     Book 26     Page 431

Kal-da itself, a drink usually served uncomfortably hot, at least in my opinion, is made from diluted ka-la-na wine, usually of an inferior grade, mixed with citrus juices, such as those of larmas and tospits, and strong, often fiery, spices.

Warriors of Gor     Book 37     Page 268

"The lipstick is flavored," I said. "I know", she said. "It reminds me of the cherries of Tyros," I said.

Beasts of Gor, p. 349, end of ch. 28 

"The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bosk steak and yellow bread, peas and Torian olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese."

Assassin of Gor     Book 5     Page 168

"Clitus, too, had brought two bottles of Ka-la-na wine, a string of eels, cheese of the Verr, and a sack of red olives from the groves of Tyros."

Raiders of Gor     Book 6     Page 114

"And there would be, too, behind the counter, in baskets, grapes, tospits, larmas, nuts, and olives, and, in blocks, cheeses, and, in its amphorae to be lifted from its racks, cheap ka-la-na."

Plunder of Gor     Book 34     Page 251

Berries

"A guard was with us, and we were charged with filling our leather buckets with ram berries, a small, reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small seeds."

Captive of Gor p. 305

"I knew enough of the forest within the wands to recognize many things outside them which might be eaten; leafy Tur-Pah, parasitic on Tur trees, of course, but, too, certain plants whose roots were edible, as the wild Sul; and there were flat ground pods in tangles which I could tear open, iron fruit whose shells might be broken between rocks, and autumn gim berries, purple and juicy, perhaps named for the bird, whose cast fruit lies under the snow, the seeds surviving until spring, when one in a thousand might germinate.

The berries are tasty. They do mark the tongue and, if one is not careful, the mouth."

Smugglers of Gor     Book 32     Page 243

"Then, given cloths, to be fashioned into sacks, we were sent into the woods to gather gim berries, under the supervision of short-haired Hiza."

Smugglers of Gor     Book 32     Page 292

"I now had no fear, at least at present, at least until winter, of starving in the forest. Other than Tur-Pah, I could recognize the leafage which betokened Suls, usually found in the open, in drier, sandier soils, and was familiar with a number of edible nuts and berries, such as ram berries and gim berries, the latter common at this time of year. Even the horrid sip root was edible, despite its bitterness."

Smugglers of Gor     Book 32     Pages 441 - 442

Nuts

"There is little market in simple Laura for the more exquisite goods of Gor. Seldom will one find there Torian rolls of gold wire, interlocking cubes of silver from Tharna, rubies carved into tiny, burning panthers from Schendi, nutmegs and cloves, spikenard and peppers from the lands east of Bazi, the floral brocades, the perfumes of Tyros, the dark wines, the gorgeous, diaphanous silks of glorious Ar."

Captive of Gor     Book 7     Page 86

"In the cafes I had feasted well. I had, had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod, with slices of peppers and larma, and roasted; vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions and honey; a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg, hot Bazi tea, sugared, and, later, Turian wine."

Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Pages 47 - 48

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