. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Tropical Fruit Plants. 9. \ Young Banana, MUSA, continued. also called Dwarf Jamaica or Martinique Banana. One of the best. Small, easily pro- S tected. 20 cents each, $2 per doz., $15 per 100. M. orientnm (1). Hart's Choice, Cuban Lady- finger, or Golden Early. (Often errone- ously called ";) Stalk and mid- rib tin
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Tropical Fruit Plants. 9. \ Young Banana, MUSA, continued. also called Dwarf Jamaica or Martinique Banana. One of the best. Small, easily pro- S tected. 20 cents each, $2 per doz., $15 per 100. M. orientnm (1). Hart's Choice, Cuban Lady- finger, or Golden Early. (Often errone- ously called ";) Stalk and mid- rib tinged with red ; plant of medium height. Bears early, and is very hardy for a Banana ; fruit a clear golden j'ellow ; skin soft, and thin as a kid-glove ; flesh firm, yet melting and but- tery in texture ; judges from all parts of the tropics have tasted it, and pronounced it unsur- passed. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz., $15 per 100. ^ M. palustris (1). The Dacca Banana. Very vigorous; described as a delicious sort. 50 cts. each, $5 per dozen. M. paradisiaca, var. sapientam. The Horse or Orinoco Banana. {El Bobo of the Spanish.) Very hardy, and commonly cultivated in Florida. Fruit large, but comparatively few in a bunch. Should be grown as an ornamental plant, even where no fruit is expected. The fruit of this variety should never be cut while green, but allowed to turn yellow on the stalk, when it will be found to have a most delicious flavor. One of the best for planting out at the north. A robust variety. 15 cents each, $ \ per dozen, $10 per 100. M. troglodytarnm {M. Uranoscopas). Flower- ing Banana. A delicate, small-stemmed Banana, attaining a height of six to ten feet only. The fruit-stalk stands upright; fruit very small, inferior to most Bananas ; plant very curious .< and ornamental. 50 cents each, $5 per dozen. Of the following we do not know the species : Baracoa or Red Jamaica. The large red Banana of commerce; tender, but produces fruit in ordinary seasons here.
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