Fruit trees. Consider planting a guava tree. Make sure it’s a tropical guava (Psidium guajava) and not a pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana) or a strawberry guava (Psidium callleianum).

However, eating and using guava is delightfully simple, making it easy to enjoy its pineapple-strawberry flavor and pulpy texture. Ahead, we spoke to chefs about how to select and eat guava.