Archive image from page 9 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list of tropical and semi-tropical fruit trees : vines, shrubs and greenhouse plants descriptivecatal1890seve Year: 1890 6 R. D. HoYT, Sea'Ex Oaks Nurseries, Bay View, Florida. MAMMEE APPIE. {Manimee Aviericana.) 'A tall tree, with oval, shining leathery leaves (resem- blingthose of the Red Mangrove ; one-flowered peduncles, producing sweet, white flowers one and one-half inches in diameter, followed b}- large brown fruits three to six inches in diameter, and containing one to four rough seeds a
Archive image from page 9 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list of tropical and semi-tropical fruit trees : vines, shrubs and greenhouse plants descriptivecatal1890seve Year: 1890 6 R. D. HoYT, Sea'Ex Oaks Nurseries, Bay View, Florida. MAMMEE APPIE. {Manimee Aviericana.) 'A tall tree, with oval, shining leathery leaves (resem- blingthose of the Red Mangrove ; one-flowered peduncles, producing sweet, white flowers one and one-half inches in diameter, followed b}- large brown fruits three to six inches in diameter, and containing one to four rough seeds as large as a black walnut without the husk, sur- rounded by a 3-ellow, juicy, delicious pulp, for which a taste does not have to be acquired : the taste is not un- like that of the apricot. It is eaten raw alone, or cut in slices with wine and sugar, or sugar and cream, or pre- served in sugar. The tree is a native of the Carribee Islands. Fine specimens are growing and fruiting, we believe, on one of the southeastern Keys.'—Reasoner Bros. 75 cents each. MAMMEE SAPOXA. \Luciivia 3Ia7Hviosa. The Marmalade Fruit. In its native home ( Central America), this tree attains an immense size ; the fruit is as large as a cocoanut, and nearh' the same color, having a rough brown skin; the pulp is a rich yellow, and con- tains fiom one to three large glossy brown seeds that extend nearh the whole length of the fruit. Trees 4 to 5 feet high, 75 cents each, per dozen. MA:XG0. yMaiigifera ludica) This has been called the queen of tropical fruits, and is well worthy the title. We lost our trees in the big freeze of'S6, but did not lose our faith in the ]\Iango 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 a ready market for all that can be produced. The tree is very ornamental with
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