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Page 12
... orange - red . The fruit is about the size of an ordinary orange , has a persistent calyx , and is made up of many small compartments arranged in two series , one above the other . The crisp , sweet , watery pink pulp enveloping each ...
... orange - red . The fruit is about the size of an ordinary orange , has a persistent calyx , and is made up of many small compartments arranged in two series , one above the other . The crisp , sweet , watery pink pulp enveloping each ...
Page 18
... green in color , turning to a greenish - yellow when thoroughly ripe . The pulp 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 ...
... green in color , turning to a greenish - yellow when thoroughly ripe . The pulp 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 ...
Page 40
... orange , is ovate , and has five acutely- angled longitudinal ribs . The fragrant , light - yellow skin is very thin , and the pulp is watery ; it contains a number of flat , brown seeds . This fruit is of two varieties : the sweet ...
... orange , is ovate , and has five acutely- angled longitudinal ribs . The fragrant , light - yellow skin is very thin , and the pulp is watery ; it contains a number of flat , brown seeds . This fruit is of two varieties : the sweet ...
Page 44
... yellow when ripe , and it has a very thin skin . The pulp is yellow , resembling that of an over - ripe papaia , and has a melting , peach - like flavor . It contains from 1 to 3 large , oblong seeds , which are said to be deleterious ...
... yellow when ripe , and it has a very thin skin . The pulp is yellow , resembling that of an over - ripe papaia , and has a melting , peach - like flavor . It contains from 1 to 3 large , oblong seeds , which are said to be deleterious ...
Page 54
... yellow fruit is about the shape and size of a small olive , and contains a dry , mealy pulp which is edible , and the large , flat , brown secd yield an cil . G. P. W. Collection . Spondias dulcis . " WI 51 Mimusops Elengi, Plate XXV.
... yellow fruit is about the shape and size of a small olive , and contains a dry , mealy pulp which is edible , and the large , flat , brown secd yield an cil . G. P. W. Collection . Spondias dulcis . " WI 51 Mimusops Elengi, Plate XXV.
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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