This document defines and describes different types of fruits. It begins by explaining that a fruit develops from the ovary of a flower and protects the seeds as they develop. There are three layers that make up the pericarp of a fruit: exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp. Fruits are classified as simple, aggregate, or multiple. Simple fruits develop from a single ovary, aggregate from separate ovaries of one flower, and multiple from ovaries of several flowers. Fleshy fruits include berries, drupes, hesperidiums, and pomes. Dry fruits can be dehiscent like follicles, legumes, and capsules, or indehiscent like achenes,