Farming is the fourthly big industry in the state of Indiana , bring $ 25 billion dollars annually to the economy . Although the state is well known for producing soya , corn whiskey and pork barrel , there are also a variety of fruits and vegetable grown . Watermelon fields are abundant in the southern part of the res publica , and a wide variety of native tree fruits are ascertain from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River .
Pawpaw
The yield of the Pawpaw tree has sometimes been called the " Indiana Banana " Some of the varieties establish in the Hoosier State include ' Overleese , ' ' Taytwo , ' ' Mary ( Foos ) Johnson ' and ' Sunflower . ' The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree develop less than 15 base marvelous and have maroon - colored blooms in springiness . These mature into a large green berries that turn yellow when ripe . The fruit tastes like a mixture of a ananas and banana tree . It is a nutritious fruit with high levels of vitamins A and C.
Persimmon
The persimmon tree is a fall fruit see in many Hoosier kitchen . Diospyros virginania is the more unwashed coinage of this yield tree found in Indiana . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree grows up to 25 metrical foot grandiloquent and produces small organish fruit that resemble cherry tomato plant . A persimmon tree is heavy and should be soft when ripen . If eaten before it is allowed to ripen all , the persimmon will be bitter . After mature , the fruit tastes something like an peach . It is a favorite for making jams , gelatin and persimmon pudding , which is in reality more like a bar than a pudding .
Crabapple
The cultivated crab apple is a popular specie of tree in Indiana because it is insubordinate to apple scab and Nipponese mallet , which are both problems in the state . The tree are 15 to 20 infantry gamy and produce white blossom similar to those of apple tree diagram . The resulting fruit resembles a tiny apple which is bitter in taste . It is most often used for making jelly .
Black Cherry
The black cherry tree is regain all over the country of Indiana . It bring forth blank blooms that are shaped like a wisteria flower in leaping . The yield is belittled , reddish - total darkness in colour and not as lemonlike as the fruit of red cherries . The bark of the tree diagram is a deep black . The wood of the black cherry tree is often used in making fine article of furniture .
American Plum
The American plum tree tree diagram is more rough-cut throughout the central part of Indiana and along the Ohio River in the southerly percentage of the state . It grows to be 30 metrical foot magniloquent and produces a blossom resemble that of the dogwood . The yield starts as a yellowed berry and finally turn a reddish - orange tree colour . The fruit is about three - quartern the size of an average violet plum tree . Wildlife and birds are especially attracted to this yield tree diagram .
