Some fruits and nuts for the tropics
By: by William C. Kennard and Harold F. Winters.
Contributors: Winters, H. F.
Series: Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture ;; no. 801; Miscellaneous publication (United States. Dept. of Agriculture) ;; no. 801.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Published: March 1960
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Tropical fruit.; Nuts.
First sentence: Since its establishment in 1901, the Federal Experiment Station at Mayaquez, Puerto Rico, has been actively engaged in the introduction and testing of tropical and subtropical plants from many parts of the world.
Description: The main section, Description of the Plants (over 100 pages long), contains a description of each species, with notes on use and propagation and, for most, black and white photographs of fruits and leaves.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 126-129.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Climatic and Soil Variations within the Tropics
pagenum: 5; title: Obtaining and Propagating the Plants
pagenum: 7; title: Culture
pagenum: 10; title: Naming the Plants
pagenum: 16; title: Description of the Plants
pagenum: 16; title: Literature Cited
pagenum: 126; title: List of Plants by Botanical Family
pagenum: 130; title: Index of Plants by Scientific and Common English and Spanish Names
pagenum: 132