. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. PINEAPPLE. Doable Red Pomegranate. Most of the dwarf or ornamental flowering Pomegranates are non-fruiting, but the one we offer here fruits profusely, and is therefore doubly valuable. Grown in a pot or tub, it forms a most beautiful little bush, and, when cov- ered with its flowers, is a sight of wondrous beauty. The outside, or calyx, of the flower looks as if cutout of very thick red sealing wax, while the inside, or petals, look like crape, or crimp
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. PINEAPPLE. Doable Red Pomegranate. Most of the dwarf or ornamental flowering Pomegranates are non-fruiting, but the one we offer here fruits profusely, and is therefore doubly valuable. Grown in a pot or tub, it forms a most beautiful little bush, and, when cov- ered with its flowers, is a sight of wondrous beauty. The outside, or calyx, of the flower looks as if cutout of very thick red sealing wax, while the inside, or petals, look like crape, or crimped tissue paper, of a much deeper color. The flowers are perfectly double and measure^ inches across. It is a fruit-bear- ing pot shrub of exceptional value, and being naturally deciduous, it may be wintered out of the way in the cellar or a cold-pit until April, when it should be brought to the light and started into growth. In the lower South it is per- fectly hardy, and should have a place in every garden. Price, 20c. each. pineapples, It was this delicious fruit a Huguenot priest described more than 300 years ago as being of such excellence that the gods might luxuriate upon it, and that it should only be gathered by the hand of Venus. It is one of the double red pomegranate. most beautiful decorative plants imaginable, and is well worth growing on that account alone; but it will fruit in a greenhouse or a window. Should be repotted frequently during the first year. Red Spanish—The Pineapple of commerce. Ruddy yellow when ripe; sub-acid, sparkling. Price, loo, each ; 3 for 40c. Egyptian Queen—Very showy, of fine flavor, and most prolific, bearing more surely than any other sort. Flavor something like that of a wild Straw- berry. Rare. Price, 20c. each ; 3 for 50c. For the remarkable new Pernambuco Pineapple, see "Choice Specialties in Plants and ; Sapodilla or Naseberry. The Achras Sapota, of spreading tree-form, with thick, glossy leaves. The fruit ca
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