Title: Armstrong Nurseries
Identifier: armstrongnurseri1935arms (find matches)
Year: 1935 (1930s)
Authors: Armstrong Nurseries (Ontario, Calif. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) California Catalogs; Nursery stock California Catalogs; Fruit trees California Catalogs; Ornamental trees California Catalogs; Shrubs California Catalogs; Flowers California Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental California Catalogs
Publisher: Ontario, Calif. : Armstrong Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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BEARING PAPAYA The Melon that Grows on Trees Chinese Lychee Nut The famous "Lychee Nut" in its dried form is familiar in this country as the favorite New- Year gift of the Chinese. When freshly picked from the attractive little evergreen tree, it is one of the most delicious of all fruits. The trees are quite tender, but for frostless Cali- fornia gardens it is one of the most interesting small trees that can be grown. Grafted plants, 11/2-2 ft., $4.50 each. ARMSTRONG SELECT Papaya, the Luscious Tree Melon of the Tropics The Papaya is one of the most delicious table fruits of the tropics and while too tender for most of California, it will grow and bear fruit in sheltered, frostless locations. The plants grow with great rapidity and should bear their large, lus- cious, melon-like fruits within two years. The Papaya is more like a giant herbaceous plant than a tree and has a luxuriant tropical palm-like appearance with very large leaves 1 to 2 feet across, at the top of the large unbranched trunk. The fruits contain a large amount of pepsin and are said to be exceedingly beneficial to the digestive system. Our plants are grown from selected specimens of the famous Solo Papaya of the Hawaiian Islands. Papayas require a warm, sunny, well drained location with plenty of water and fer- tilizer and must be kept growing rapidly in order to be a success. Passion Vines, grown on a fence or trellis around a planting of Papayas or along the windward side, are very effective as a shelter. See illustration below and description of Passion Vine on preceding page. Since the male and female flowers of the Papaya are borne on separate plants and there is no way of determining the sex in advance, at least three plants should be planted together in order that at least one of each sex will be present. We cannot guaran- tee Papayas to be successful since there are only a comparatively few locations where they will thrive in California, but given a warm favorable location near the coast or in the foothills they grow with great rapidity and within a few months produce quantities of the big, luscious melon-like fruits. They are a most interesting plant to grow and bring into bearing. Plants in 6-inch pots, 2 to 3 feet in height, $1.00 each; $9.00 per 10. The Australian Nut (Macadamia) An evergreen sub-tropical nut tree from the Eastern coast of Australia. It is a beautiful ornamental tree with a dense rounded head of long narrow dark green leaves and attains a height of 20 to 35 feet. The nuts are about l'/4 inches in diameter, round and hard shelled with a tender white kernel very rich in oil. The trees begin to bear in 5 to 6 years from planting, are healthy, vig- orous, and easily grown. Even when young the trees are not damaged by temperatures higher than 26 degrees. The Macadamia is a beautiful orna- mental tree, and its delicious nuts make it doubly valuable. 4 to 5 feet. $3.50; 3 to 4 feet, $3.00; 2 to 3 feet, $2.50. PASSION FRUIT Like big purple Easter Eggs, the sweet-scented fruits of the Passion Vine hang among the big glossy bright green leaves. These delicious fruits have in- numerable uses in the home. The Passion Vine is a handsome ornamental vine and makes a quick growing windbreak on a fence or trellis for the protection of Avocados or Papayas, as shown below. See preceding page.
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The White Sapota The White Sapota is a strong growing evergreen tree, thriv- ing anywhere in the milder coastal and foothill regions of California and about as hardy as the Orange. The fruits, borne profusely in clusters and ripen- ing all through the spring, sum- mer and fall, look like green apples, and the delicious flesh has a rich peach-like flavor. Pike. This variety of Sapota is an enormous bearer, and its fruits while not very large have a most delicious flavor. Budded plants, 1-2 ft., $2.50 each. Suebelle. Larger fruit than the Pike and of most excellent qual- ity. A favorite kind in San Diego County. Budded plants, 2-3 ft., $3.00 each. SAPODILLA The Sapodilla (Achras sapo- ta) is a handsome evergreen tree which attains large size in the Tropics but which can be planted only in frostless South- ern California. The fruit re- sembles an apple with a rus- setted thin skin and yellowish, spicy, sweet flesh. 8-inch pots, 12 to 18 inches, $1.75 each. The Mango—Oriental King of Fruits The Mango is very tender and should be planted only in the most protected frostless locations in California, but it has been demonstrated that they will thrive and fruit in such locations. The superb grafted varieties of Mangos with their rich spicy flavor, peculiar tempting frag- rance, and lovely appearance, are among the most prized and sought after of all fruits. Haden. Florida's finest Mango, with a beautiful yellow and scarlet fruit and sweet, rich, orange-colored flesh. Fruits at an early age, and because it is a strong growing tree, bears profusely when very young, and bears regularly each year, it is the most popular variety we grow. Cambodiana. Large, long, yellow-fruited variety from Indo-China. Paheri. One of the famous high quality Mangos of India. All varieties above, large grafted plants, 2-3 ft., $5.00 each.

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