Archive image from page 12 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1893roya Year: 1892 â â .ft/If' THE 1 APAW OR MELON TAPAW. STAR-APPLE. (CHRVSOPHYLLUM CAINITO.) I CHRYSOPHYLLUM, continued. side of every leaf a golden lightâcall it not shade '. A Star-Apple.'âKingsley. This tree finally attains a height of feet, bearing large quantities of round, purple (sometimes greenish) fruits, the size of a small apple, ripening in April and May. The fruit, cut into halves transversely, discloses a pu
Archive image from page 12 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1893roya Year: 1892 â â .ft/If' THE 1 APAW OR MELON TAPAW. STAR-APPLE. (CHRVSOPHYLLUM CAINITO.) I CHRYSOPHYLLUM, continued. side of every leaf a golden lightâcall it not shade '. A Star-Apple.'âKingsley. This tree finally attains a height of feet, bearing large quantities of round, purple (sometimes greenish) fruits, the size of a small apple, ripening in April and May. The fruit, cut into halves transversely, discloses a purple pulp with whitish star-shaped 'core' and from four to ten seeds. A first classfruit, and in demand. 50 cents each, $5 jier dozen. CEREUS triangularis. Stkawheruy Peak. (Also for other fruit-bearing Cerei, see Cacti.) COCOS nucifera. The Cocoa-Nut Palm. (Also for other species of Cocos, see Palms and Cycads.) CICCA disticha (C. racemosa. Phyllanthus distichus). Otaheite Gooseberry. A rare, beautiful tree, bearing large quantities of waxy-white I berries resembling the Surinam cherry in shape and size, growing in clusters like a cur- rant, and with a sharp acid taste. Ripening in mid-summer, when fruit is scarce, they are very useful for pies, preserves, etc. Deserv- ingof extensive cultivation simplyas an orna- mental tree; we know of no more beautiful sight than one of these trees loaded with the fruit; the graceful pinnate leaves, a foot or i more in length, with a faint tinge of wine- I color on the new growth, the long racemes of waxy berries hanging directly from the large I limbs and branches, and the whole tree im- I pressing one as strangely tropical. The tree
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