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Page 12
... clusters , and in color are a very showy rich orange - red . The fruit is about the size of an ordinary orange , has a persistent calyx , and is made up of many small compartments arranged in two series , one above the other . The crisp ...
... clusters , and in color are a very showy rich orange - red . The fruit is about the size of an ordinary orange , has a persistent calyx , and is made up of many small compartments arranged in two series , one above the other . The crisp ...
Page 26
... clusters ; it is the same shape as that of the preceeding variety , but in color it is a bright scarlet . It contains from 1 to 3 seeds , which are somewhat difficult to germinate . The fruit is crisp , watery , and has a sub - acid ...
... clusters ; it is the same shape as that of the preceeding variety , but in color it is a bright scarlet . It contains from 1 to 3 seeds , which are somewhat difficult to germinate . The fruit is crisp , watery , and has a sub - acid ...
Page 34
... 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 , which is edible , but too dry to be agree- able . The seed is large 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 , which is edible , but too dry to be agree- able . The seed is large in ...
Page 36
... clusters , ripens from September until November , and varies in size from a cherry to a pigeon's egg . It is purplish - black in color , and is edible only when thoroughly ripe . It contains one large , oblong seed . G. P. W. Collection ...
... clusters , ripens from September until November , and varies in size from a cherry to a pigeon's egg . It is purplish - black in color , and is edible only when thoroughly ripe . It contains one large , oblong seed . G. P. W. Collection ...
Page 40
... clusters on the naked 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 ...
... clusters on the naked 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 ...
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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