Editing Australian cuisine (section)

===Fruit===
[[File:Granny smith and cross section.jpg|thumb|A [[Granny Smith]] apple]]

There are many species of Australian native fruits, such as [[Santalum acuminatum|quandong]] (native peach), [[wattleseed]], [[muntries]]/munthari berry, [[Podocarpus elatus|Illawarra plums]], [[riberry]], native raspberries, and [[Syzygium smithii|lilli pillies]], as well as a range of native citrus species including the desert lime and finger lime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cse.csiro.au/research/nativefoods/nativefoods_website.pdf |title=Australian Native Foods |access-date=20 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125164754/http://www.cse.csiro.au/research/nativefoods/nativefoods_website.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2011  }}</ref> These usually fall under the category of bush tucker, which is used in some restaurants and in commercial preserves and pickles but not generally well known among Australians due to its low availability.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}

Australia also has large fruit-growing regions in most states for tropical fruits in the north, and stone fruits and temperate fruits in the south which has a mediterranean or temperate climate. The [[Granny Smith]] variety of apples originated in Sydney in 1868.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/ryde/msherwood.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811001112/http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/ryde/msherwood.htm |archive-date=11 August 2007 |title=Granny Smith and her Apples |date=15 February 2007 |access-date=11 August 2007 }}</ref> Another well-known Western Australian apple variety is the [[Cripps Pink]], known locally and internationally as "Pink Lady" apples, which was first cultivated in 1973.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cripps|first1=J. E. L.|last2=Richards|first2=L. A.|last3=Mairata|first3=A. M.|date=1993-10-01|title='Pink Lady' Apple|url=https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/hortsci/28/10/article-p1057.xml|journal=HortScience|language=en-US|volume=28|issue=10|pages=1057|doi=10.21273/HORTSCI.28.10.1057|issn=0018-5345|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Fruits cultivated and consumed in Australia include apples, banana, kiwifruit, oranges and other citrus, mangoes (seasonally), mandarin, stonefruit, avocado, watermelons, rockmelons, lychees, pears, nectarines, plums, apricots, grapes, melons, papaya (also called pawpaw), pineapple, passionfruit and berries (strawberries, raspberries, etc.).<ref>{{cite web |title=Horticulture fact sheet |url=http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/hort-policy/horticulture_fact_sheet |website=agriculture.gov.au |publisher=Department of Agriculture and Water Resources – Commonwealth of Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622143608/https://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/hort-policy/horticulture_fact_sheet|archive-date=22 June 2017|access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref>