The guava plant is prized for its fruit which resembles an apple or pear, and can have white, pink or…
A pome is a well-known fruit of the apple, pear and quince. It comes from a compound pistil with a coherent…
On the 1st of May the Indian Queen crossed the river in a canoe. She presented De Soto with skins, shawls,…
"Cultivated in the West and East Indies; it produces a large pear-shaped fruit, of an greenish color,…
"Also known as the cone, the palm leaf, the river loop, the crown jewel, the seal, the almond, the feather,…
"Also known as the cone, the palm leaf, the river loop, the crown jewel, the seal, the almond, the feather,…
"Also known as the cone, the palm leaf, the river loop, the crown jewel, the seal, the almond, the feather,…
"Also known as the cone, the palm leaf, the river loop, the crown jewel, the seal, the almond, the feather,…
"Also known as the cone, the palm leaf, the river loop, the crown jewel, the seal, the almond, the feather,…
"Also known as the cone, the palm leaf, the river loop, the crown jewel, the seal, the almond, the feather,…
The people of Shiraz personify the Devil in a form of a rooster, which they weave in some of their choicest…
A fruit tree belonging to the same genus as the apple, and cultivated extensively for its fruit. It…
"Popularly, banister or ballaster, the name given to small shafts or pillars set in a line at short…
A tree native to Central America and Mexico. Ranges from 1 to 2 pounds in weights and is mostly purple…
"The general scheme of Geisler's pump is shown here. A and B are pear-shaped glass vessels connected…
"The general scheme of Geisler's pump is shown here. A and B are pear-shaped glass vessels connected…
Leaves - simple; alternate; edge sharply and unequally toothed (sometimes with quite deep and sharp…
Leaves - simple; alternate; edge, sharply toothed above; entire below. Outline - reverse egg-shape.…
Leaves - compound (odd-feathered; leaflet, five to nine, usually seven) ; alternate, edge of leaflets…
The prickly pear or Indian fig is a cactus that grows in the southwestern part of the United States.
"Enlarged section of a Bartlett pear flower: st, style; sp, sepal; f, filament; a, anther; s, stigma;…
"Bud of the Bartlett pear, with petals removed, showing the incurved stamens." -Department of Agriculture,…
"Emasculated bud of the Bartlett pear, showing only the five pistils." Department of Agriculture, 1899
"A, a pear leaf-bud in autumn; B, a leafy shoot derived from A, as seen in the middle of the following…
"Fruit-bud of pear, showing its development. A, opening in spring; B, later, developing flowers and…
"Called the Indian fig. The opuntia is a fleshly and succulent plant, destitute of leaves, covered with…