Fruit and Nut Recipes

Put Missouri's wild bounty to work in these delicious variations of traditional cakes, pies and other sweet after-dinner treats.

Wildlife, including opossum, raccoons, quail, turkeys, eastern kingbirds, catbirds, robins, veeries and red-eyed vireos, relish this fruit. To beat the animals to the fruit, some people pick it while it's still on the tree. Ripeness, however, can't be judged by the color. The only dependable sign is a slight softening of the fruit.