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Page 56
... fleshy drupe , oval in shape , from 1 to 3 inches in diameter ; it has a thin , smooth , golden - yellow skin , which has a rather sour disagreeable odor . The fleshy pulp is light yellow , is mellow when quite ripe , and has a sub ...
... fleshy drupe , oval in shape , from 1 to 3 inches in diameter ; it has a thin , smooth , golden - yellow skin , which has a rather sour disagreeable odor . The fleshy pulp is light yellow , is mellow when quite ripe , and has a sub ...
Page 66
... fleshy , and bright red . In this berry are found the two seeds , which constitute the coffee of commerce . The Coffee - tree was intro- duced into Hawaii about 1823 , by a Frenchman , whos established a small plantation in Manoa Valley ...
... fleshy , and bright red . In this berry are found the two seeds , which constitute the coffee of commerce . The Coffee - tree was intro- duced into Hawaii about 1823 , by a Frenchman , whos established a small plantation in Manoa Valley ...
Page 110
... fleshy spines . The soft , white , cotton - like pulp is divided into sections , each containing a shiny , black seed , about half an inch long . These are very readily propagated . G. P. W. Collection . PLATE LIV Anona Cherimolia . 110 ...
... fleshy spines . The soft , white , cotton - like pulp is divided into sections , each containing a shiny , black seed , about half an inch long . These are very readily propagated . G. P. W. Collection . PLATE LIV Anona Cherimolia . 110 ...
Page 142
... fleshy , shiny berry , much resembling the cran- berry ; in color it is yellow or pale rose , and is covered with a waxy bloom . The Ohelo thrives best in the higher elevations , from 4000 to 8000 feet . It grows particularly well on ...
... fleshy , shiny berry , much resembling the cran- berry ; in color it is yellow or pale rose , and is covered with a waxy bloom . The Ohelo thrives best in the higher elevations , from 4000 to 8000 feet . It grows particularly well on ...
Page 148
... fleshy covering of the green fruit . The leaves are alternate , 3 to 5 lobed , pubescent , and have long petioles . The yellowish - green flowers are in terminal clus- ters . The fruit is spherical , from 1 to 2 inches in diameter , and ...
... fleshy covering of the green fruit . The leaves are alternate , 3 to 5 lobed , pubescent , and have long petioles . The yellowish - green flowers are in terminal clus- ters . The fruit is spherical , from 1 to 2 inches in diameter , and ...
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20 feet 2½ inches acid Apple aromatic bears berry black seeds BREADFRUIT Carica Cherimoyer cherry Citrus clusters color contains many seeds cultivated dark green delicious drupe eaten raw edible pulp elevation evergreen evergreen tree fleshy found growing fragrant G. P. W. Collection gardens germinate readily glabrous glossy Government Nursery grafted grown guava handsome hardy Hawaii Hawaiian Islands Honolulu inches in diameter inches in length inches long introduced to Hawaii Jambosa juicy kernel Kiawe large seed leaflets leathery leaves are oval LEMON light-green lobed low-growing tree Mammee Apple MANDARIN ORANGE mango Mangosteen Oahu obovate odor orange ovate panicles Papaya pear-shaped Persea gratissima petals petioles pinnate pinnate leaves plant PLATE Plum propagated purple rind ripens rough shape shell shiny leaves short petioles shrub small tree smooth specimens spreading branches stems sweet thin thrives tropical America true to seed trunk WATER APPLE West Indies white flowers yellow pulp yellow when ripe