. 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. 6 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fruiting Pineapples and Bananas at Royal Palm Nurseries V AITONA, continued. "^'A, Species from Brazil. " The Beriba, a quick- growing tree,with large fruit, the inside of which tastes very much like the filling of cream ^ ;—E. S. Rand. $i each. AETOCARPUS integrifolia. The Jack Fr
. 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. 6 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fruiting Pineapples and Bananas at Royal Palm Nurseries V AITONA, continued. "^'A, Species from Brazil. " The Beriba, a quick- growing tree,with large fruit, the inside of which tastes very much like the filling of cream ^ ;—E. S. Rand. $i each. AETOCARPUS integrifolia. The Jack Fruit of India. Largely used for food, and the wood for cabinet work. Full-grown fruit weighs from 30 to 60 pounds. $ each. CARICA papaya. The Papaw or Melon Papaw. (Spanish, Papaya.) The leaves are large, seven-lobed and terminal, after the manner of palms. Dioecious. The plant grows very fast, and is strikingly odd and ornamental. Very tender, but ordinarily survives the South Florida winter. Specimens here in Manatee have attained an age of seven or eight years. Delights in a very high and dry situation, even a shell mound. The green fruit is said to be sometimes used as we use the turnip. The^, buds are used for sweetmeats, and the ripe ^' fruit is sliced and eaten like a muskmelon, which it resembles in size, color and taste. But it will be most highl)- prized in Florida for its peculiar property of making tozigh beef tender.' This is uniformly practiced in the tropics. The>L slice of meat may be placed between bruised leaves of the Papaw for half an hour, or even less; or rubbed with the rind of the fruit. 20 cts. each, $2 per dozen. CARISSA kr^-ainz. {Ardiiina g7-andiJlora). Natal. The shrub is an evergreen, with thick, bright green camellia-like foliage ; is very thorny and of slow growth ; bears a profusion of large, fra- grant white flowers and delicious fruits, red and the size of a cherry. In Natal, where the fruit is used to make an excellent preserve, the p
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