Archive image from page 288 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer03bail3 Year: 1900 y' JV-\ 1 V« j,V 1 ' '/ ' ' 1755 Fruit of the Dunan. exterior view and cross-section. Reduced one hilt trom a plate o£ 'a middle bi/ed specimen sweetish subacid pulp, inclosing its seed, is boiled and eate
Archive image from page 288 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer03bail3 Year: 1900 y' JV-\ 1 V« j,V 1 ' '/ ' ' 1755 Fruit of the Dunan. exterior view and cross-section. Reduced one hilt trom a plate o£ 'a middle bi/ed specimen sweetish subacid pulp, inclosing its seed, is boiled and eaten, is made into a cooling drink or is preserved in sugar. The tree is valuable for shade and for timber, and is noted for the fragrance of its flowers. The sapodilla plum, fruit of the Acliras Sapota (see Sapodillo), a small, somewhat acid fruit, becoming very- sweet when overripe, is cultivated to some extent. The Mammee apple or South American apricot, fruit of Mammea Americana {Pig. 1354), is produced in a limited way. The fruit is yellow, 5-6 in. in diam., rind and pulp near the seeds bitter, intermediate portion sweet, aromatic and agreeable. Grapes can be grown successfully in some of the drier parts of the islands, and there is no doubt of the success of the strawberry and the blackberry in some localities. Importation of tropical fruits into the LTnited States in 1899, much of which could soon be supplied by the Philippines with proper encouragement: Coffee .- $5.''.,475, Cocoanuts, copra and figs 5,985, Bananas 5,665, Lemons 4,398, Oranges 1,097, Spices $75,204, S. A. Knapp. harvested in bunches, the sod and soil attached. It is freshened with water before fed to horses and cattle. Spanish books say that cotton is grown to considerable extent in Ilocos provinces of northern Luzon. Straw- berries can be found in the higher altitudes of Benguet province. It is said that all efforts to cultivate the rose in the Philippine
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