. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. MANGOES 275 width from eighteen inches to three feet with different varieties. Red Spanish is small and very popular. Queens and Porto Ricos are larger and more highly prized because of their qualities. Black Jamaica, Black Prince, and Smooth Cayenne are also good, large varieties. Blood, Sugar Loaf, and Enville are medium in size. Pineapples are sometimes extensively grown under partial shade made of lattice work. ^^. -g£*$ Fig 191,—Pineapples in the open field showing an aisle between bed
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. MANGOES 275 width from eighteen inches to three feet with different varieties. Red Spanish is small and very popular. Queens and Porto Ricos are larger and more highly prized because of their qualities. Black Jamaica, Black Prince, and Smooth Cayenne are also good, large varieties. Blood, Sugar Loaf, and Enville are medium in size. Pineapples are sometimes extensively grown under partial shade made of lattice work. ^^. -g£*$ Fig 191,—Pineapples in the open field showing an aisle between beds. () Harvesting and Marketing.—For different markets the pine- apples are gathered at different stages of ripeness, depending upon the distances to be shipped. They are twisted off by hand, con- veyed to sheds, sorted as to size, ripeness, etc., and are packed for market. !Each is wrapped in paper. They are usually shipped in half-barrel crates and the number contained in the crate is marked on the outside. Shipping may be either by freight or express. Mangoes are of tropical origin. In southern Asia they are one of the most common fruits. In the subtropical regions of California. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, Kary Cadmus, 1867-. Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Co
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