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... color . The flesh is yellow , firm and marrow - like , and has a delicious nutty flavor . The seed - cavity is generally large , containing one round or oblong seed , covered by a thin , brown , parchment - like skin . The quality of ...
... color . The flesh is yellow , firm and marrow - like , and has a delicious nutty flavor . The seed - cavity is generally large , containing one round or oblong seed , covered by a thin , brown , parchment - like skin . The quality of ...
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... color , and the meat , which is a golden- yellow , is tinged with purple next to the rind , and is free from strings or fibres . There are but two trees of this variety bear- ing fruit in Honolulu . They were propagated from seeds ...
... color , and the meat , which is a golden- yellow , is tinged with purple next to the rind , and is free from strings or fibres . There are but two trees of this variety bear- ing fruit in Honolulu . They were propagated from seeds ...
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... 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 , sweet , watery ...
... 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 , sweet , watery ...
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... color , turning to a greenish - yellow when thoroughly ripe . The pulp is pink , very sweet , and when quite ripe is free from milky juice . This variety is also prolific , is easily dried , and on this account would find a ready sale ...
... color , turning to a greenish - yellow when thoroughly ripe . The pulp is pink , very sweet , and when quite ripe is free from milky juice . This variety is also prolific , is easily dried , and on this account would find a ready sale ...
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... color , it is a deep , rich crimson , shading into pink and white ; the pulp is firm , white , and juicy , with a very agreeable flavor . G. P. W. Collection . Jambosa sp . ( Solomon 20 Ficus Carico, White, Plate VII Jambosa malaccensis ...
... color , it is a deep , rich crimson , shading into pink and white ; the pulp is firm , white , and juicy , with a very agreeable flavor . G. P. W. Collection . Jambosa sp . ( Solomon 20 Ficus Carico, White, Plate VII Jambosa malaccensis ...
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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