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... seed - cavity is generally large , containing one round or oblong seed , covered by a thin , brown , parchment - like skin . The quality of the pear is judged , not only by its flavor , but by the presence or absence of strings or fibre ...
... seed - cavity is generally large , containing one round or oblong seed , covered by a thin , brown , parchment - like skin . The quality of the pear is judged , not only by its flavor , but by the presence or absence of strings or fibre ...
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... large islands of the Polynesian groups , and in the Malaysian Archipelago . In the Hawaiian Islands it confines ... seed , is obovate , about 3 inches in diameter . The skin is so thin as to be barely perceptible , and the fruit is very ...
... large islands of the Polynesian groups , and in the Malaysian Archipelago . In the Hawaiian Islands it confines ... seed , is obovate , about 3 inches in diameter . The skin is so thin as to be barely perceptible , and the fruit is very ...
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... large cavity , containing generally one seed . This shell , which is the edible portion of the fruit , is a light creamy - yellow , with a tinge of pale - pink on one side ; it requires from 2 to 22 months to mature . It is firm , crisp ...
... large cavity , containing generally one seed . This shell , which is the edible portion of the fruit , is a light creamy - yellow , with a tinge of pale - pink on one side ; it requires from 2 to 22 months to mature . It is firm , crisp ...
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... about 1 inch in diameter , and is ribbed longitudinally . It has a delicious , spicy , acid flavor . There is generally one large , round , smooth seed . G. P. W. Collection . PLATE XV Eugenia sp . 32 Eugenia uniflora, Plate XIV.
... about 1 inch in diameter , and is ribbed longitudinally . It has a delicious , spicy , acid flavor . There is generally one large , round , smooth seed . G. P. W. Collection . PLATE XV Eugenia sp . 32 Eugenia uniflora, Plate XIV.
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... 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 proportion to the size of the fruit . G. P. W. Collection . Syzygium Jambolana . PLATE XVI 31.
... 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 proportion to the size of the fruit . G. P. W. Collection . Syzygium Jambolana . PLATE XVI 31.
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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