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Title: Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants
Identifier: descriptivecata1891seve_0 (find matches)
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Seven Oaks Nurseries; Hoyt, R. D; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical crops Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Bay View, F. L. : Seven Oaks Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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12 R. D. HOYT, SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES, BAY VIEW, FLORIDA.
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CELESTIAL Or SUGAR FIG. FIG, Continued. ' White A.driatic. This is one of the most cele- brated figs of the world, and from which the finest dried figs of Smyrna, known as Erbelli, are produc- ed ; the fruit is of large size, thin-skinned ; pulp solid, rich and mjlting ; the tree is a very rapid grow- er, attaining eventually a very large size, and on old trees the amount of ripe fruit produced is said to be enormous. It comes into bearing the second year after planting, the crop increasing each year; proba- bly more of this variety is being in planted Florida than all others put together, and it is a standard Fig the world over. White Marseilles. A large greenish white fruit; excellent for preserving. Has long been grown in this country. Price of well rooted plants, 25 cts. each ; the set of 5 varieties for $1, or 6 sets for $5. N HOVENIA DULCIS. This newly introduced fruit from Japan is described as follows by Messrs.H. H. Berger & Co.: "A stately tree, resembling in habit the wild pear tree of Europe ; the leaves are similar to those of our mulberry tree in shape and texture ; the small whitish flowers appear in July. The fruit is pro- duced by the three divisions of the inflor- escence thickening and becoming fleshy. It is edible, and has a sweet and very aro- matic taste, resembling much the fruit of the carob tree ; is also, in flavor, similar to bergamot." May prove valuable in Flor- ida, and is worthy careful trial among those inierested in increasing our list of market fruit. 30 cents each, four for ;i. INDIAN FIG. (Opttinia ficns Indica.) See Cacti. LOQUAT, or JAPAN MEDLAR. â 'y (^Eriobotrya Japonica.^ A highly ornamental evergreen tree, with thick, leathery lanceolate leaves, the under surface of which is covered with a brownish down, while the upper is a dark rich green ; the tree blossoms in winter, ripening its fruit in the early spring ; resembles a plum in size and shape, and is produced in clusters of a bright yellow color; sub-acid, with a very agreeable flavor. Small trees, 25 cents each, five for $1; larger, by ex- press, 40 cents each, three for $1. OLIVE. (0/ea Europcea.) The Olive was introduced in the south- ern states over a hundred years ago, but its culture seems to have made little progress until recent years. Importa- tions have been made by General H. H. Sanford, A. I. Bidwell, and perhaps 'Uhers. Mr. Bidwell's trees, while they li id been planted but little over four \ ears, were holding fruit when we saw iliemlast February, and had made as ti rie a growth as could be desired ; every one knows the commecial value of the Olive, and if its culture proves a suc- cess here, as it promises to do, it adds one more to the long list of profitable industries for south Florida. There are a great many varieties of the Olive ; the one most cultivated both in Italy and California, and the only one we as yet propagated, is the Picholine. The tree is quite hardy, a good yielder, and the fruit may be used both for pickling and oil. 50 cents to $1 each, as to size ; $5 to $10 per dozen. POMEGRANATE (CARTHAGINIAN APPLE). (^Punica gra/iatiim.^ This plant, beautiful in both flower and fruit, has a world wide reputation, and if we should attempt to describe it as we should like to, it would take up sev- eral pages of this catalogue. It should be more uni- versally planted through the south, as it is perfectly hardy as far north as Charleston, S. C, and in sheltered situations much farther north. At the

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