The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 100National Geographic Society, 1951 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 341
... native tree fruit is so widely dis- tributed in this country as the plum . Some form of it is found in every State in the Union . And , while our native plums are not generally of high dessert quality , most of them , as they grow wild ...
... native tree fruit is so widely dis- tributed in this country as the plum . Some form of it is found in every State in the Union . And , while our native plums are not generally of high dessert quality , most of them , as they grow wild ...
Page 365
... native in the West Indies but had been taken there by the Indians . The native home appears to be Brazil and probably Paraguay . Its European name , anana , is derived from the Guarani Indian language , in which a sig- nified fruit in ...
... native in the West Indies but had been taken there by the Indians . The native home appears to be Brazil and probably Paraguay . Its European name , anana , is derived from the Guarani Indian language , in which a sig- nified fruit in ...
Page 376
... native , one imported from the Orient . Most varieties contain measurable quantities of an acid called tannin which , when the fruit is green , produces the mouth - twisting effect for which the persimmon is famous . The Oriental ...
... native , one imported from the Orient . Most varieties contain measurable quantities of an acid called tannin which , when the fruit is green , produces the mouth - twisting effect for which the persimmon is famous . The Oriental ...
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