CRAB APPLE
Shakespeare Species Crab Apple: we have some old crab trees here at home that will not be grafted to your relish. Crab apples are used on several occasion to indicate bitterness of spirit.
POMEGRANATE
Shakespeare Species Pomegranate: You were beaten in Italy for picking a kernel out of a pomegranate. Pomegranates, a fruit grown in southern Europe and the Mediterranean, featured in art & heraldry & often symbolised fruitfulness.
GOOSEBERRY
Shakespeare Species Gooseberry: all the other gifts appurtentant to man… are not worth a gooseberry. Falstaff, the great giver and receiver of insults often uses nature based imagery.