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... tree from 10 to 15 feet high . Many shoots spring from the base of the tree , and should be cut away , as they draw ... small clusters , and in color are a very showy rich orange - red . The fruit is about the size of an ordinary orange , has ...
... tree from 10 to 15 feet high . Many shoots spring from the base of the tree , and should be cut away , as they draw ... small clusters , and in color are a very showy rich orange - red . The fruit is about the size of an ordinary orange , has ...
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... trees remaining , as a de- structive blight , together with 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 ...
... trees remaining , as a de- structive blight , together with 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 ...
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... tree with compact foliage . The leaves are small , and the fruit is round - turbinate , about 1 to 11⁄2 inches in diameter . The skin is very thin , is light - green in color , turning to a greenish - yellow when thoroughly ripe . The ...
... tree with compact foliage . The leaves are small , and the fruit is round - turbinate , about 1 to 11⁄2 inches in diameter . The skin is very thin , is light - green in color , turning to a greenish - yellow when thoroughly ripe . The ...
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... tree with its bright evergreen foliage , is not common in Hawaii . The flowers are small , deep crimson , and appear on the branches either singly or in bunches . The con- trast between these brilliant flowers and the fresh green leaves ...
... tree with its bright evergreen foliage , is not common in Hawaii . The flowers are small , deep crimson , and appear on the branches either singly or in bunches . The con- trast between these brilliant flowers and the fresh green leaves ...
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Gerrit Parmile Wilder. G. P. W. Collection . PLATE XV Eugenia sp . This is a small Malayan tree which is rare in Hawaii . It has regular , opposite , large , broad leaves ; with the stems and branches four - sided . The purplish - white ...
Gerrit Parmile Wilder. G. P. W. Collection . PLATE XV Eugenia sp . This is a small Malayan tree which is rare in Hawaii . It has regular , opposite , large , broad leaves ; with the stems and branches four - sided . The purplish - white ...
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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