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... purple in 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 ...
... purple in 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 ...
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... 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 brought here in 1890 by Admiral Beardsley . These two trees are grow ...
... 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 brought here in 1890 by Admiral Beardsley . These two trees are grow ...
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... purple in color , and the persistent calyx is very prominent . The sweet pulp has a very agreeable flavor . Probably the first plants of this variety were brought here by Don Marin , about a century ago . Some fine trees may be found in ...
... purple in color , and the persistent calyx is very prominent . The sweet pulp has a very agreeable flavor . Probably the first plants of this variety were brought here by Don Marin , about a century ago . Some fine trees may be found in ...
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Gerrit Parmile Wilder. PLATE XXI . - Peach . G. P. W. Collection . Chrysophyllum Cainito ( purple variety One half natural size . 47.
Gerrit Parmile Wilder. PLATE XXI . - Peach . G. P. W. Collection . Chrysophyllum Cainito ( purple variety One half natural size . 47.
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... purple in color . A cross - section of the fruit shows the edible pulp with its numerous black seeds , and the star - shaped core , from which the fruit derives its com- mon name of Star Apple . Unless the fruit is thoroughly ripe , its ...
... purple in color . A cross - section of the fruit shows the edible pulp with its numerous black seeds , and the star - shaped core , from which the fruit derives its com- mon name of Star Apple . Unless the fruit is thoroughly ripe , its ...
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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