stone fruit is a summer-grown fruit with a thin-skinned exterior covering a juicy flesh that surrounds a hard round or oval pit called the stone, which encases and protects the seed. Stone fruits include apricots, cherries, coconuts, mangoes, nectarines, peaches, and plums. Cherries and apricots start arriving in late spring, and once midsummer hits, peaches, plums, mangoes, and nectarines take over the scene. Coconut lovers
