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Title: Annual catalogue 1899 native and exotic plants, trees, shrubs
Identifier: CAT31283907 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Royal Palm Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Oneco, Fla. : Royal Palm Nurseries, Reasoner Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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TROPICAL FRUIT PLANTS AND TREES. 7
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Star Apple (Chrysophyllum Cainito). (See page 6. FICUS, continued. F. aurea.* Our native Rubber Tree, or Wild Fig. Known only in Florida. A choice ornamental tree, with glossy leaves, smaller than F. elastica, but of fine form. Fruit is small, but very good. The tree is a very rapid grower and a handsome decorative plant for the florist. Strong plants, 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. F., from Costa Rica.*' * Another valuable introduction of the past year. " This is our best native Fig; tree fine-branched, similar to a live oak, but denser ; bears one crop after the other contin- uously through the year of small Figs, size of black- berries ; violet-black, juicy, acid, sweet, good fla- vored." A grand thing for extreme South Florida and Southern California. Nice plants, pot-grown, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. GARUGA pitinata.* * East Indies. A decid- uous tree, reaching 60 feet in height, having large compound leaves. Fruit is eaten raw, but is chiefly pickled. A valuable introduction for warm regions. 50 cts. each. GLYCOSMIS citrifolia.* * A shrub from China related to the citrus family, bearing delicious small fruits. Rare. 75 cts. each. GUILIELMAv speciosa.* * Peach Palm. See Palms and Cycads. HIBISCUS Sabdariffa.* * :;> Jamaica Sor rel. An annual of quick growth, attaining under ordinary care in Florida and California 6 feet in height. It furnishes a great abundance of fleshy red calyxes during late autumn and winter, which resemble in taste the cranberry. The green seed pod is uneatable. The calyxes are excellent for sauce or jelly. Ready in late spring only, at iocts. each, 25 cts. for 3, 50 cts. per doz. MANGIPERA Indica.* Mango. One of the most delicious and valuable of Indian fruits, this has proved adapted to our sandy soil, and does remarkably well. Hard freezes, of course, will kill the tree back to the roots, when the trunk should be cut back at once to sound, live wood. There is a possibility of an occasional cold winter, only, and we advise their planting on well pro- tected lands all over South Florida. The best soil is high, well-drained, sandy land, suitable for the orange, but this tree thrives on black-jack, scrub, and spruce-pine lands, where most other trees are a failure. Any good fertilizer will make the tree grow, but for fruiting use plenty of ashes or sul- phate of potash beside the usual manure. The tree is very handsome, having long, linear leaves 6 or more inches in length, with wine-colored new growth. Flowers are produced in spring at ends of the branches, inconspicuously, and the fruit is produced on healthy trees in great abundance. It ;s a tree quite easily fruited under glass or other plant houses, either in tubs or the open ground. The culture is so easy, and the fine varieties we offer are so very desirable, that we hope no South Florida home will be without Mango trees. The following are excellent sorts : Common, or Turpentine. Selected from the best fruits. Large, kidney-shaped, green, usually with red cheek and yellowish flesh. Delicious. One of the best for canning or cooking, as it has an agreeable acid. Good pot-grown trees, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. Cole. From Jamaica. Nearly round, averaging 3 inches long. " It has a peculiar spicy flavor, dis- tinct from any Mango I ever tasted. Very good, but inferior to Long." i-year-old, in pots, 30 cts. each ; 2-year-old, 40 cts. Black. Also from Jamaica. Rather short, pointed fruit, larger than Cole. Very rich and, sweet. Green skin, i-year, 30 cts. each ; 2-year, 20 cts. each. Long. Our collector in Jamaica thus speaks of this splendid variety : " This is by far the best in my estimation ; it has a rich, sweet flavor and very little fiber. Itis yellow skinned, 4to6 inches long." A most valuable sort, i-year-old, 40 cts. each; 2-year, 50 cts. each. No. 11. One of the best grown. Originally from the South Sea Islands via Jamaica, it is now grown all over the West Indies. Large, round, from % to 2 pounds weight; bright yellow skin ; small seed. We grow this in large supply. A good shipping sort. Strong 2 year-old, 30 cts. each ; 3 year-old, 40cts. each. MELICOCCA Bijuga.* Spanish Lime, or Ginep. A West Indian tree, with peculiar com- pound leaves with winged petioles, much resem- bling those of Safiindus saponaria. Of slow growth, but attains a height of 30 feet. Can be fruited in a tub. It produces a yellow, plum-like fruit, with a very pleasant grape flavor. The seed can be roasted and eaten like the chestnut. Bears profusely. Pot plants, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. MIMUSOPS kanki.; Australia. Thisresem- bles the sapodilla in growth and fruitage. Fruit oval ; tree reaches a height of 30 feet. Pot plants, 15 cts. each.

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