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Ground cherries (Physalis pruinosa), also called cape gooseberries, are a fruit native to the Americas. They're in the same botanical family as their more-popular cousins tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and tomatillos. Though some members of this plant family are poisonous (hello, nightshade and mandrake, we're talking to you!), the fruits of ground cherries are decidedly not. In fact, the ground cherry is a very nutritious fruit, filled with Vitamins A and C, beta-carotene, potassium, and many other nutrients.
Just like their tomatillo kin, with whom the ground cherry shares a genus, each ground cherry fruit is covered in a thin, papery sheath. The fruits measure one-half to three-quarters of an inch across, and their taste is a subtly sweet mixture of tomato and pineapple. Their flavor is best when the fruits are fully ripe. You'll know they're ripe when you peel back the papery sheath and the fruit beneath it is a soft orange color. Ground cherries fall from the plants just before they're fully ripe. All you have to do is collect the husk-covered fruits off the ground for the perfect harvest.
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