Tejote is Crataegus pubescens. The Mexicans often eat it by roasting it to make the skin peel off. The fruit is quite large for a hawthorn and the species has been used in a number of hybrids that are highly ornamental because of the large size of the bright orange-red fruit. There are a number of the hybrid forms used as street trees in this area. The tejote hybrids usually have a dull, velvety, or matte look to the fruits while other ornamental hawthornes have a shiney skin on their fruits. There's a real wealth of species in Crataegus with potential to be good fruiting plants.

Lots of thornless types. Those C. pubescens, to start with. There are thornless forms of the native Oregon species C. douglasii. Mayhaws are pretty much thornless. I have at least a half dozen thornless species myself.

Mayhaw (C. aestivalis) is good fresh, and processes well. Drops about as soon as ripe, though. Richard Fahey's selection "Heart's Delight" (C. mollis) is about the best fresh fruit. C. azarolus from Italy has a tart taste like rose hips. Largest fruit is C. pinnatafida major from China. Grown there for commercial fruit production. Apparently they dip skewers of the fruit in boiling sugar and sell them on the street. C. tanacetifolia has a smooth pulp about like apple sauce. Was sold as "Blue hawthorn" by Raintree one time.