Clinical experience Apple allergy is frequently found in patients with immediate hypersensitivity to birch pollen. Apple seed, apple pulp, hazelnut and birch pollen share allergens which can explain the co-occurrence of these allergies. Apricot is an orange-colored stonefruit of a temperate zone tree ranking 5th in worldwide deciduous fruit production. The majority of fruits are canned, dried, or sometimes frozen. The tree probably originated in China and resembles the related peach and plum.
Banana production exceeds that of apple and almost that of all the citrus fruits combined.
Its pulpy fruit, fingershaped with yellow skin when ripe grows in clusters. It is available almost all year round in temperate climates due to heavy exporting from banana-growing countries. It often is an ingredient in cakes, puddings and breads. Its consistency makes it an ideal food to introduce to the diet of young infants. These reactions are not always IgE-mediated but can be a result of the high content of serotonin found in bananas.