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Page 80
... petioles . It is generaly thorn- less . The flowers are white and fragrant . The round fruit is a deep yellow , and its smooth skin is very loosely attached . The pulp is also a deep yellow and contains many seeds , and the sour juice ...
... petioles . It is generaly thorn- less . The flowers are white and fragrant . The round fruit is a deep yellow , and its smooth skin is very loosely attached . The pulp is also a deep yellow and contains many seeds , and the sour juice ...
Page 84
... petioles short . Flowers are white and fragrant . The fruit is compressed - spherical , apex depressed , a ridge about the stem . The thin peel is greenish - yellow , baggy , and separates readily from the sections . Pulp generally dry ...
... petioles short . Flowers are white and fragrant . The fruit is compressed - spherical , apex depressed , a ridge about the stem . The thin peel is greenish - yellow , baggy , and separates readily from the sections . Pulp generally dry ...
Page 88
... petioles . The flowers are small and white . The me- dium - sized fruit is egg - shaped , ending in a nipple - like point . The thin , smooth skin is aromatic . The juicy pulp is rich in citric acid . Many choice varieties of lemons ...
... petioles . The flowers are small and white . The me- dium - sized fruit is egg - shaped , ending in a nipple - like point . The thin , smooth skin is aromatic . The juicy pulp is rich in citric acid . Many choice varieties of lemons ...
Page 92
... petioles are narrowly winged . Its flowers are white and very fragrant . This variety of orange , locally known as the Waialua orange , has a bright yellow fruit , generally round , with a coarse , thick skin , very juicy pulp , and ...
... petioles are narrowly winged . Its flowers are white and very fragrant . This variety of orange , locally known as the Waialua orange , has a bright yellow fruit , generally round , with a coarse , thick skin , very juicy pulp , and ...
Page 96
... petiole is broadly winged . The flowers are large and white . This pyriform variety , which is from 6 to 8 inches in diameter , often weighs 4 to 8 pounds . The pale - yellow rind is smooth , thick and very bitter , but can be made into ...
... petiole is broadly winged . The flowers are large and white . This pyriform variety , which is from 6 to 8 inches in diameter , often weighs 4 to 8 pounds . The pale - yellow rind is smooth , thick and very bitter , but can be made into ...
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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