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Title: Native and exotic plants, trees & shrubs
Identifier: CAT31285742 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Royal Palm Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings 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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Mammea Americana. MAMMEA Americana, continued. delicious subacid yellow pulp does not have to be acquired. It is eaten raw alone, or cut in slices with wine and sugar or sugar and cream, and also makes a delicious canned preserve. Strong, pot- grown, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. MANCIFERA Indica.* Mango. One of the most delicious and valuable of Indian fruits; this has proved adapted to our sandy soil, and does re- markably 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-protected 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 sulphate of potash besides the usual manure. The tree is very hand- some, having long, linear leaves six or more inches in length, with wine-colored new growth. Flowers are produced in spring at ends of the branches, in- conspicuously, and the fruit is produced on healthy trees in great abundance. It is 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 with- out Mango trees. The following are excellent sorts, grown from selected seed. (They do not always come true from seed.) 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. Pot-grown, strong, 30 cts. and 50 cts. each. Common. Selected from the best fruits. Large, kidney-shaped, green, usually with red cheek and yellowish flesh; delicious. One of the best for can- ning or cooking, as it has an agreeable acid taste. 1-year, pot-grown, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. Black. Also from Jamaica. Rather short, pointed fruit, larger than Cole. Very rich and sweet; green skin. Potted, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz.; 3-year, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. Long (Bishop). "This is by far the best in my estimation; it has a rich, sweet flavor and very little fiber; it is yellow-skinned, 4 to 6 inches long." A most valuable sort. 2-year, pot-grown, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. No. II. 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 one- half to two pounds weight; bright yellow skin; small seed. We grow this in large supply. A good shipping sort. 1-year, pot-grown, 25 cts. each, $2..50 per doz.; 2-year. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz.; 3- or 4-year, 40 cts' each, $4 per doz. MELICOCCA Bijuga.* Spanish Lime, or GiNEP. A West Indian tree, with peculiar compound leaves with winged petioles, much resembling those of Sapindus saponaria. Of slow growth, but at- tains 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. MONSTERA deliciosa.* The Cerbian of Trini- dad. A rare and celebrated fruit-bearing aroid plant. The large leaves are handsome and the plant is grown for decorative effect. The fruits are some- thing like green pine cones, about six inches long, with easily detached skins; the flavor is described as delicious indeed, "resembling a cross between a pineapple and banana, but better than either." Diffi- cult of propagation, but easily grown afterward. Pot-plants, $1.25 each. MUSA. The Banana. This is one of the grand- est decorative fruit plants known. A plant that is grown throughout the tropics, bearing in lavish pro- fusion most delicious fruit. At the present day the fruit is found in nearly every market in the world, no matter, seemingly, how distant from the tropics. The plant is already being grown to a limited degree in northern climates, and well it may, as it is as easily raised as the well-known canna, and the tropical effect of its growth is remarkably grand. With leaves often 2 feet wide and 8 feet long, it is destined to be largely planted on lawns. Young plants may be started at any season of the year, provided they are kept in sufficient heat—say not less than 70° by day, and 60° or 65° by night. The besb time, however, is early spring, when they should be started in pots, and then, when warm
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Mangifera Indica.

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