. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 70 ANONA ANTENNABIA AA. Petals [exterior] linear or oilong, the inner ones minute [or conspicuous in ). B. Fruit smooth or very nearly so (in A. amplexieaulis 0. lAis. velvety beneath. Cherimdlia, Miller (A. tnpUala, Alton). Cherimoyee, or Oheeimoya. Jamaica-Apple. Tree, 15-20 ft. high, with young gro
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 70 ANONA ANTENNABIA AA. Petals [exterior] linear or oilong, the inner ones minute [or conspicuous in ). B. Fruit smooth or very nearly so (in A. amplexieaulis 0. lAis. velvety beneath. Cherimdlia, Miller (A. tnpUala, Alton). Cherimoyee, or Oheeimoya. Jamaica-Apple. Tree, 15-20 ft. high, with young growth scurfy-pubescent: fls. opposite the Ivs., greenish, and fragrant, the exterior petals ob- long-linear and keeled on the inner side, velvety ; Ivs. ovate or oblong (about 3 in. long), obtuse or scarcely acute, dark green, and sparsely hairy above and velvety beneath : fr. very large (from the size of a large apple to 8 in. or more in diam.), spherical or slightly flattened at the ends, nearly smooth, brownish yellow, sometimes with a red cheek, the flesh soft and rich. Peru and ad- jacent regions northward, but naturalized in Central America and Mexico, the West Indies and parts of the Old World. It is a well-known fruit of the tropics, and it thrives upon the Florida keys and the adjacent coasts. It is also grown to a limited extent in southern California. Fruit will stand transportation if picked green. Possibly the plants sold as A. macrocdrpa and A. suavissima are forms of the Cherimoyer. See Cherimoyer, cc. I/vs. not velvety, reticulMa, Linn. Custaed-Apple. Bullock's-Heaet. Peuta de Conde. a tree, 15-25 ft. high, with growth smooth or nearly so: fls. with the exterior petals oblong- linear and keeled on the inside, acute, greenish, with purple spots at the base : Ivs. lanceolate or oblong and pointed, glabrous above and rough beneath, but becoming smooth: fr. 3-4 in. in diam., smooth, with small depres- sions, in various shades of yellow or even russet, with
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