Edible portion:Fruit, Herb, Flavouring, Spice, Flowers A small evergreen tree up to 4-8 m tall. It spreads to 2 m across. The stem is erect, branching and thorny. The leaves are dark green, and long and narrow in shape. They are 3-4 cm long. There is only a narrow wing on the leaf stalk. It has a...
Edible portion:Fruit, Seeds, Nuts The tree starts out growing erect then develops a spreading habit with drooping branches. It grows between 5 to 18 m high. It is evergreen. It has large compound leaves shaped like the fingers on a hand. The 3-7 leaflets are long and smooth. They can be 12-15 cm...
01/01/1959 This book is written to describe 30types of fruit that grow in Florida. It contains climatic factors, cultural notes, plant disorders, commercial plantings, home yard plantings and the uses of these fruits. 189 pgs, illust
19/01/1920 The reason for scarcity of fruits in regions where, by climatic indications, one would expect them to be most abundant, is not to be found in any single fact, but is, perhaps, largely the result of three causes: first, the enervating effect of heat, which discourages man from undertaking work...
01/01/1958 Florida's climate is nearest in approach to a tropical climate in the US. This book gives us a look at a wide variety of tropical and subtropical fruits and plants which can be grown in this particular climate.
01/01/2016 This PRO-AGRO manual on the production and processing of pineapples is intended for small and medium sized pineapple producers and processors in tropic and sub-tropic regions. Also this manual is helpful for extenstion agents. 43 pages, illustrations
The purpose of this book is to enhance awareness of the value for lesser known fruits. This book should be a valuable reference source in an area of increasing worldwide interest--the search for new and exotic foods. The areas covered are fruit history and distribution, botanical descriptions and...
01/01/1971 Market diseases of fruits and vegetables are those that develop during the process of marketing. Marketing includes the harvesting, grading, and packing of the crop, its transportation to market, its storage at shipping point or at the market, and the various handling operations required to move...
Key Resource20/01/2011 While products such as bananas, pineapples, kiwifruit and citrus have long been available to consumers in temperate zones, new fruits such as lychee, longan, carambola, and mangosteen are now also entering the market. Confirmation of the health benefits of tropical and subtropical fruit may also...