. Benson's guide to fig culture in the open ground at the North : with instructions for open ground culture at the North of Japanese persimmons and pomegranates and catalogue of rare tropical fruits and plants : bananas, water lilies, etc., and also greenhouse and bedding plants, roses, fruit trees, etc. Martin Benson (Firm); Fig; Tropical plants; Nurseries (Horticulture). 14 MARTIN BENSON, SWANWICK, ILLINOIS. LOQUAT. (Eriobotrya Japonica.) A most beautiful plant; has large beautiful evergreen foliage. The fruit is produced in great profusion, is yellow, grows in clusters, and is very deliciou
. Benson's guide to fig culture in the open ground at the North : with instructions for open ground culture at the North of Japanese persimmons and pomegranates and catalogue of rare tropical fruits and plants : bananas, water lilies, etc., and also greenhouse and bedding plants, roses, fruit trees, etc. Martin Benson (Firm); Fig; Tropical plants; Nurseries (Horticulture). 14 MARTIN BENSON, SWANWICK, ILLINOIS. LOQUAT. (Eriobotrya Japonica.) A most beautiful plant; has large beautiful evergreen foliage. The fruit is produced in great profusion, is yellow, grows in clusters, and is very delicious. Fine for pot culture ; bears while small. 75 cents each. Foliis Variegatis. Leaf superbly variegated ; choice and rare. I3 each. MANGO. A rich and deliciously flavored fruit, larger than an egg and about the same shape. The seed is quite a curiosity. In productiveness it surpasses any fruit we have ever seen. The foliage is most beautiful; the tree bears when two or three years old, and is one of the finest of all trnpical fruits. | each. Apricot Mango. A very choice variety. $2 each. *IVIAMIVIEAS. Mammea Sapota. Large brown oval fruits, tasting very much like pumpkin pie ; very scarce and rare. $2 each. Mammea Americana. St. Domingo Apricot; a delicious fruit, very rare. $2 each. THE MELON PEAR or MELON SHRUB. The Melon Shrub, as it grows in the Central American highlands, is as the name defines it, a shrub. It reaches at its best two or three feet either way, but is generally'smaller, and recalls in many respects the Chili pepper vine, the tomato or the nightshade. The flowers resemble those of the Chili pepper, are very numerous and of a beautiful violet color, most charming when used in floral decorations. When planted, the plants should be set in rows four feet apart and two feet apart in the rows. About six weeks after being set out, the fruit will begin to set, and in three months after planting the fruit will ripen and continue^ to ripen until frost. The fruit is
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