Pictured are the conical (left) and ovoid (right) forms of the apple. These are the typical forms of…
Pictured is the original McIntosh apple tree. The tree was discovered in 1796. The tree was transplanted…
Pictured is a ten year old Nebraska apple orchard. The trunks are protected from the sun by board jackets.
Pictured is an apple orchard in Hood River Valley, Oregon. Apple growing is a big industry on the Pacific…
Pictured is a California apple orchard. It was until 1880 that California was proven to be able to grow…
The fruit buds of the apricot are borne beside the leaf-bud and also on spurs. This is similar to the…
Pictured are young apricots shedding the ring. This happens as the fruit begins to swell.
Pictured is a characteristic branch of apricot. The fruit grows close together, appearing to be in clusters.
Pictured are good apricot fruits. Apricots are considered as a dessert or fancy fruit.
The common name of Arbutus menziesii is madrona. The tree occasionally grows one hundred feet tall.…
The Arbutus arizonica tree grows between forty and fifty feet tall. The trunk has light gray or nearly…
The Arctostaphylos manzanita shrub grows thirty feet tall. The fruit is between one quarter and one…
Ardisia crenulata has oblong, wavy margined leaves. The fruit droops is clusters. The flowers are sweet…
Artocarpus incisa is a tropical tree that produces bread fruit. The fruit is edible. The seeds from…
Artocarpus integrifolia trees grow thirty feet tall and have milky juice. The tree produces jack fruit.…
Asimina triloba is a small tree growing between ten and forty feet tall. The fruit is dark brown, oblong,…
Atalantia ceylonica is a spiny shrub or small tree native to India. The leaves grow up to three inches…
The common name of Attalea cohune is cohune palm. The tree grows fifty to sixty feet tall. The fruit…
The common name of Averrhoa carambola is carambola. It is a tropical fruit tree. The fruit is five angled,…
Avocado is a tropical fruit tree. The avocado is considered to be native to Mexico, Central America,…
Avocados vary in size, form, and color. The colors vary from light or dark green to purple, crimson,…
The fruit of the balsamocitrus dawei tree is edible. The fruit has a very thick, hard woody rind.
The plantain variety of banana is a popular cooking banana in the tropical regions of the Americas.…
Illustrated is a hand of the fig banana. The fig banana is a variety of plantain. It is commonly found…
Pictured is a banana plant bearing fruit. This particular plant is a bearing stalk as grown in southern…
The fruit of Barringtonia speciosa is four sided and three inches in diameter. The fruit is box like…
The common names of Benincasa hispida are wax gourd, white gourd of India, zit-kwa, Chinese preserving…
Berberis regeliana is an upright shrub, growing up to six feet tall. The branches are gray and grooved.…
The fruit of Berberis thunbergii is nearly globe shaped and bright red. The branches spread, are deeply…
The bluebird eats caterpillars, cutworms, grasshoppers, and wild fruit, especially berries.
Wild blackberry is the common name of Rubus allegheniensis. It is a long cluster variety. The fruits…
Illustrated is a short cluster garden blackberry. The fruits are glossy, large, and juicy.
Illustrated is a cluster of berries on a budded greenhouse plant. These berries are swamp blueberries.
The flower envelope crowns the ovary and sometimes persists after withering on the apex of the fruit…
The pereskia fruit is apple shaped and bears a number of leaf-like bracts on the skin.
The fruit of echinocactus are very scaly. Some species of echinocactus are known as strawberry cacti.
Illustrated is a melon cactus bearing fruits. The fruits of the melon cactus issue from the dense crown…
Cactus melocactus has ten to twenty ribs. It has a round shape and grows eight inches tall. The flowers…
Callicarpa japonica grows two to five feet tall. The flowers are pink or whitish. The fruit is violet.
Illustrated is a flowering branch (a), the stamens (b), a longitudinal section of fruit (c), and a fruit…
Illustrated is a normal, two chambered fruit of capsicum. The common names of capsicum are red pepper…
The fasciculatum variety of capsicum annuum has the common name red cluster pepper. The leaves are clustered…
The fruit of cardiospermum is an inflated seed vessel. It has a white heart shaped spot.
The common names of carpinus caroliniana are American hornbeam and blue beech. The leaves are oval,…
Illustrated is the fruit of carya ovalis. It is known as false shagbark or small pignut.
Illustrated is a cross section of the fruit and the whole fruit of carya ovata. The common names of…
Japanese chestnut is the common name of castanea crenata. The tree grows thirty feet tall. It usually…
Celastrus orbiculatus is a high climbing shrub. The leaves are two to three inches long and slightly…
The common names of celastrus scandens are false bitter sweet and wax work. The shrub is a high climber,…
Illustrated is a smooth form of cherimoya. It is a subtropical fruit tree. In South America the smooth…
Illustrated is the tuberculate form of cherimoya. This is one of the most common forms of cherimoya.…
In this illustration of the cherimoya flower the two outer petals are removed to show the minute inner…