Archive image from page 8 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants descriptivecata1891seve_0 Year: 1891 TROPICAL FRUIT TREES AND PLANTS. MAMMEE APPLE. OTIAVA, Continued. traded a great deal of attention. 20 cents each, 6 for $1. \. White Winter Guava. This species is apparent- ly distinct from the foregoing, and there seems to be no varieties of it; the fruit is large, pear-shaped, greenish-white in color ; flesh, white ; one of the best for preserving, as
Archive image from page 8 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants descriptivecata1891seve_0 Year: 1891 TROPICAL FRUIT TREES AND PLANTS. MAMMEE APPLE. OTIAVA, Continued. traded a great deal of attention. 20 cents each, 6 for $1. \. White Winter Guava. This species is apparent- ly distinct from the foregoing, and there seems to be no varieties of it; the fruit is large, pear-shaped, greenish-white in color ; flesh, white ; one of the best for preserving, as the flesh is thick, and there are but few seeds. 50 cents each, <?5 per dozen. IVIAMMEE APPLE. {Mammee Americana. Or San Domingo Apricot; one of the handsomest trees grown in the tropics. The leaves are large, thick and glossy, resemblingsomewhat thoseof the famous ' rubber tree,' and as it is an evergreen, it makes an elegant conservatory plant; the fruits are as large as a child's head, nearly round, and of a dark brown color ; in taste they much resemble a fine apricot. Fine plants, 60 cents each, 3 for $ ; extra large, by express, gi each. V MAMMEE SAPOTA. {Lucuma Mammosa.) The Marmalade Fruit. In its native home (Central America), this tree attains an immense size; the fruit is as large as a cocoanut, and nearly the same color, having a rough brown skin ; the pulp is a rich yellow, and contains from one to three large glossy brown seeds that extend nearly the whole length of the fruit. Trees 4 to .5 feet high, 75 cents each. V MANGO. iMatigifera I?idica.) This has been callea the queen of tropical fruits, and is well worthy the title. We lost our trees in the big freeze of '86, but did not lose our faith in the Mango becoming one of our most important fruits. The tree is of very rapid growth and enormously productive ; we have seen trees only eight years old that were producing thousands of Mangoes, and had been in bearing three or four years then. There is always
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