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Page 16
... the lack of proper attention , has caused their extermination . This variety is very prolific . The fruit is small , pear - shaped , and has a particularly sweet and delicious flavor . G. P. W. Collection . Ficus Carica ( white or 16.
... the lack of proper attention , has caused their extermination . This variety is very prolific . The fruit is small , pear - shaped , and has a particularly sweet and delicious flavor . G. P. W. Collection . Ficus Carica ( white or 16.
Page 18
... 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 in our markets . PLATE VII . - Fig . G. P. W. Collection 18.
... 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 in our markets . PLATE VII . - Fig . G. P. W. Collection 18.
Page 80
... prolific of the citrus family , and both green and ripe fruit in great quantities may be found on the same tree at almost any season of the year . The tree is of medium size , and the small , shiny leaves have short petioles . It is ...
... prolific of the citrus family , and both green and ripe fruit in great quantities may be found on the same tree at almost any season of the year . The tree is of medium size , and the small , shiny leaves have short petioles . It is ...
Page 82
... prolific bearer . Its leaves are small , lanceolate , slightly serrate , pointed or blunt and wedge - shaped at the base . The small , white flowers come solitary or in clusters , the fruit varies in size from a large gooseberry to that ...
... prolific bearer . Its leaves are small , lanceolate , slightly serrate , pointed or blunt and wedge - shaped at the base . The small , white flowers come solitary or in clusters , the fruit varies in size from a large gooseberry to that ...
Page 124
... the trunk and branches smooth . Flowers white and very fragrant ; fruit small , pear - shaped , pulp yellow and containing many seeds ; this species is very prolific , but the fruit is inferior . PLATE LX .- " Waiawi . " G. P. W. 12 :
... the trunk and branches smooth . Flowers white and very fragrant ; fruit small , pear - shaped , pulp yellow and containing many seeds ; this species is very prolific , but the fruit is inferior . PLATE LX .- " Waiawi . " G. P. W. 12 :
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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