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... stem . This fruit is round , from 3 to 5 inches in diameter , has a thick , tough , rough rind , which when ripe is a deep claret color , and the meat , which is a golden- yellow , is tinged with purple next to the rind , and is free ...
... stem . This fruit is round , from 3 to 5 inches in diameter , has a thick , tough , rough rind , which when ripe is a deep claret color , and the meat , which is a golden- yellow , is tinged with purple next to the rind , and is free ...
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... stems The branches are slender , twiggy , nearly cylindrical , and some- what thorny . The bark contains about 32 per cent . tannin , and is used for dying the yellow Morocco leather . The peel of the fruit serves also as a dye . There ...
... stems The branches are slender , twiggy , nearly cylindrical , and some- what thorny . The bark contains about 32 per cent . tannin , and is used for dying the yellow Morocco leather . The peel of the fruit serves also as a dye . There ...
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... stems and branches four - sided . The purplish - white flowers are produced in clusters . The waxy light - green fruits , with a persistent calyx , resem- ble a small guava . These fruits have a very tough , pithy skin and pulp combined ...
... stems and branches four - sided . The purplish - white flowers are produced in clusters . The waxy light - green fruits , with a persistent calyx , resem- ble a small guava . These fruits have a very tough , pithy skin and pulp combined ...
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... stems and branches , are minute , fragrant , and in color shading from a pale pink to a deep purplish - red . The fruit , varying in size from a hen's egg to an orange , is ovate , and has five acutely- angled longitudinal ribs . The ...
... stems and branches , are minute , fragrant , and in color shading from a pale pink to a deep purplish - red . The fruit , varying in size from a hen's egg to an orange , is ovate , and has five acutely- angled longitudinal ribs . The ...
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... stems . The Papaya is usually dioceous ; the fruit - bearing tree is called the female ; it is claimed that trees of both sexes should be planted near each other , in order to ensure a good yield . The female flowers , which appear from ...
... stems . The Papaya is usually dioceous ; the fruit - bearing tree is called the female ; it is claimed that trees of both sexes should be planted near each other , in order to ensure a good yield . The female flowers , which appear from ...
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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.