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... shrub , which by careful training can be made to grow into a tree from 10 to 15 feet high . Many shoots spring from the base of the tree , and should be cut away , as they draw the sap which should go to the fruit - bearing stems The ...
... shrub , which by careful training can be made to grow into a tree from 10 to 15 feet high . Many shoots spring from the base of the tree , and should be cut away , as they draw the sap which should go to the fruit - bearing stems The ...
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... shrub , or low - growing tree , which in many countries is said to reach a height of but 6 feet , in Hawaii attains a height of 20 feet ; and although it thrives in comparatively high altitudes , it bears best below the 200 - foot ...
... shrub , or low - growing tree , which in many countries is said to reach a height of but 6 feet , in Hawaii attains a height of 20 feet ; and although it thrives in comparatively high altitudes , it bears best below the 200 - foot ...
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... shrub is said to be a native of Brazil . In Hawaii , it is a common garden plant , sometimes reaching a height of 10 feet . Its glossy leaves are ovate - lanceolate , and its peduncles short . It has small , single , white fragrant ...
... shrub is said to be a native of Brazil . In Hawaii , it is a common garden plant , sometimes reaching a height of 10 feet . Its glossy leaves are ovate - lanceolate , and its peduncles short . It has small , single , white fragrant ...
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... shrub , or bush , is a native of Brazil , but is naturalized in many warm countries . It stands partially erect , reaching a height of from 12 to 3 feet . Its pointed leaves , heart - shaped at the base , are very fuzzy . The open ...
... shrub , or bush , is a native of Brazil , but is naturalized in many warm countries . It stands partially erect , reaching a height of from 12 to 3 feet . Its pointed leaves , heart - shaped at the base , are very fuzzy . The open ...
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... shrub , having smooth , angular branches , and in both the round and oval varieties the dark foliage is dense and beautiful . It is a very prolific bearer . Its leaves are small , lanceolate , slightly serrate , pointed or blunt and ...
... shrub , having smooth , angular branches , and in both the round and oval varieties the dark foliage is dense and beautiful . It is a very prolific bearer . Its leaves are small , lanceolate , slightly serrate , pointed or blunt and ...
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1½ inches 20 feet acid Apple aromatic bears berry black seeds BREADFRUIT Candlenut Cherimoyer cherry CHESTNUT Citrus clusters color contains many seeds cultivated dark green delicious drupe eaten raw edible pulp evergreen evergreen tree fleshy fragrant fruit G. P. W. Collection gardens germinate readily glabrous glossy Government Nursery grafted GRAPE TOMATO guava handsome Hawaii Hawaiian Islands Honolulu inches in diameter inches in length inches long introduced to Hawaii ISABELLA GRAPE juicy Kamani kernel Kukui lanceolate large seed leathery leaves are alternate leaves are small LEMON light-green lobed low-growing tree Mammee Apple mango Mangosteen Oahu oblong obovate odor orange ovate panicles Papaya pear-shaped Persea gratissima petioles pinnate pinnate leaves plant PLATE Plum propagated pubescent rind ripens rough round shape shiny leaves short petioles shrub small tree smooth Solanum Lycopersicum specimens spreading branches stems sweet thin thrives true to seed trunk variety growing WATER APPLE West Indies white flowers
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Page 200 - The flowers are about 2l/2 inches across, are white, with red spots on them. The fruit is slightly oblong, 2 inches in diameter, and very regular in size and shape. When ripe, it is yellow spotted with white. It has a medium-hard shell or skin, and the edible pulp is whitish-yellow, and contains many flat, black seeds.
Page 202 - The fragrant purple flowers are about two inches in diameter. The ovoid-pointed fruit has a tough, leathery shell which, when green, is six-striated, with white stripes; when quite ripe the fruit is a dull orange-yellow. The numerous seeds are imbedded in the juicy, scented pulp, which is aromatic and delicious. Propagation is by seed and by cuttings.
Page 168 - Many Mangosteen trees have been brought to Hawaii, and have received intelligent care, but they have not thrived well; and have eventually died. Only two have ever produced fruit; one in the garden of Mr. Francis Gay of Kauai, which bears its fruit annually, and the other tree at Lahaina, Maui. in the gar den formerly the property of Mr. Harry Turton.
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Page 202 - This is a strong, vigorous vine, very suitable for arbors and trellises. It is not commonly found in Hawaii ; however, a very fine specimen of its kind is growing in Dr.
Page 200 - The date when it was introduced to Hawaii, and by whom, is not known ; but in the Hilo and Hamakua districts of Hawaii this variety grows wild.
Page 60 - J. pachyphloaa ericoides. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. This species is one of the most massive of our junipers. In early life the crown is open and broadly conical, and in old age, dense and round. The trunk is short and clear of branches for 6 or perhaps 10 feet. As a rule, the tree attains a height of from 30 to 40 feet, and a diameter of from 1J to 3J feet.
Page 8 - The flowers are greenish-yellow and downy. The fruit, which ripens from June until November, is a round or pear-shaped drupe, covered with a thin, rather tough skin, which is either green or purple in color.
Page 36 - La Laguna (Schiede); vs in herb. Hook. (Tenampa, Prov. Vera Cruz, Linden, no. 50). The leaves of this plant are described by Schlechtendal as being from 4 to 6 inches long and from 2 to 3 inches broad, upon a very short petiole of only 3 or 6 lines in length; the calyx is...
Page 34 - The seed is large in proportion to the size of the fruit.