Siskiyou Cooks + Chefs: Kale salad with pomegranate and mango Lauri Sturdivant The pomegranate is a seasonal fruit that ripens in autumn and is readily available in your local market well into December. The pomegranate a rosy colored fruit packed with juicy red seed pods. It is believed to be one of the oldest cultivated fruits having been planted on the island of Cyprus by the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite (Venus in Roman mythology). Pomegranates continues to be eaten by the handful, used in recipes and is considered a good luck charm. You will find the fruit used as Christmas and New Year decoration in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean region. The pomegranate is a symbolic fruit, signifying beauty, love, marriage, fertility, birth, rebirth, hope and prosperity and eternity. The fruit is rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals.