The 
Delicious 
Peruvian 
Pepino 
Handsome Fruits 
on a 
Handsome Plant 
The Peruvian Pepino 
Here is a useful sub-tropical fruiting plant 
from Peru, unknown in California, and yet 
which should have a place in every garden. 
The plant is a handsome, bushy, evergreen 
shrub, becoming 3 feet or more in height, pro¬ 
ducing from September all through the winter 
into the late spring quantities of large, oval, 
bright yellow fruits splashed with violet, 4 to 
6 inches in length. These delicious edible 
fruits are tender, aromatic and juicy and have 
a fine flavor which everyone seems to like. 
The fruits of the Pepino have many uses 
and may be chilled, cut in half, and eaten 
like a melon or used in salads or jams. The 
plants are hardy except in severe frosts and 
are easily grown in any soil in full sun or 
part shade. They make a handsome potted 
plant for patios with their unusual fruits and 
handsome dark blue flowers. We are quite 
enthusiastic about it and believe that it is a 
fruit that everyone will enjoy in their garden. 
Gal. containers, 75c each; 4-inch pots, 50c. 
The Natal Plum 
The Natal Plum (Carissa grandiflora) 
is a lovely large shrub from South 
Africa, uniquely beautiful in flower, fruit 
and foliage. The thick mass of rich 
glossy green foliage makes a splendid 
background for the large, star-like, in¬ 
tensely fragrant, white blossoms and the 
brilliant scarlet fruits which are about 
the size of a date or larger. The fruits 
and flowers appear at almost all times 
during the year and the plant naturally 
grows to a height of 6 or 8 feet with 
the same spread, but may be trimmed 
lower if desired. The fruits are edible, 
and when cooked, they make a delici¬ 
ous jam with a tasty piquant tang sug¬ 
gestive of cranberry jelly and plum jam. 
The plant thrives in the extreme heat of the 
desert or in the cool moist weather of the 
coast, and is hardy almost anywhere in Cali¬ 
fornia except where heavy frosts are experi¬ 
enced. It is one of those delightful plants 
which is a joy to look at at all times in the 
garden and which will furnish something to 
nibble on as you contemplate its beauty. 
Plants in 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. contain¬ 
ers, 50c each, $4.50 per 10. 
Guavas 
For eating fresh and for jelly the Straw¬ 
berry and Yellow Strawberry Guavas 
are the finest small fruits that can be 
grown in California. They all make very 
handsome ornamental shrubs with their 
beautiful evergreen foliage, and are 
splendid for a medium-sized hedge. 
Ripens September to November. 
Strawberry Guava. Handsome, glossy-leaved 
large shrub producing an abundance of lus¬ 
cious deep red fruits about the size of a large 
strawberry, highly prized for eating when 
fresh and unequalled for jelly. Hardy and 
easily grown anywhere in California. 5-gal. 
containers, $1.50; gal. containers, 60c. 
Yellow Strawberry Guava. Similar to the 
above in growth and fruit, but the yellow 
fruit is slightly larger and has the finest 
flavor of all the Guavas. 5-gal. containers, 
bushy, 3-4 ft., $2.00; balled, bushy, 2-3 ft., 
$1.75; gal. containers, 1-2 ft., 60c. 
Lemon Guava. Very large fruits, as big as 
a pear, but the flavor is a bit strong. Grows 
rapidly to 6 or 8 feet, and more tender than 
the above two varieties. Gal. containers, 1-2 
ft. 60c. 
The Eastern Paw Paw 
The old Eastern Paw Paw which grows wild 
in the woods all through the Southern and 
Middle Western States has no business being 
offered on this page along with these sub¬ 
tropical fruits, but it makes a nice contrast to 
have a hardy fruiting plant from the Eastern 
States in your garden along with the more 
unusual California fruits. Gal. containers, 75c. 
Cashew 
The large-foliaged handsome trees of the 
Cashew Nut are too tender for all but the 
most frostless locations in Southern California. 
We do not guarantee them to be a success 
anywhere in this State, but for those who 
wish to experiment with this tree, we offer 
them. 5-inch pots, $1.25 each. 
For Reference 
Manual of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Fruits. 
A splendid book by Wilson Popenoe, with 460 
pages crowded with valuable information 
about the various tropical and sub-tropical 
fruits. All of the better known fruits as well 
as those about which less is known but which 
are worth trying in California are discussed 
herein. $4.50 postpaid. 
Pineapple Guavas—Feijoa 
This attractive large shrub attains a 
height of about 15 feet, but can be made 
into a smaller compact shrub by prun¬ 
ing or can be used for a large hedge. 
The upper side of the leaves is glossy 
green and the lower side silver-gray, 
while the showy flowers have conspicu¬ 
ous red stamens. The fruit, ripening in 
the fall, is delicious to eat and has a 
delightful aroma which lasts for days 
and is suggestive of pineapple, straw¬ 
berries and bananas. A bowl of fruit 
will fill a room with delicate fragrance. 
The plant withstands temperatures down to 
10 degrees without injury, and the foliage, 
flowers and fruit combine to make it an inter¬ 
esting plant at all times. Do not confuse 
ordinary seedlings of this variety with the 
large-fruited grafted varieties which we offer 
below. The seedlings usually bear small fruit 
or may not bear at all. 
Choiceana. The fruit is the size of a large 
hen's egg, 3 inches by 2V 4 inches. This variety 
is the very finest Feijoa, but Coolidge or 
Superba must be planted with it to insure 
cross-pollination. Balled, bushy, l-n /2 ft., $1.75. 
Coolidge. A long oval fruit, not quite as 
large as Choiceana or Superba, but which 
never fails to bear a crop even when planted 
by itself because the flowers do not need 
cross-pollination. Balled, bushy, 1 1 / 2-2 ft., $2.00; 
1- H /2 ft., $1.75. 
Superba. Similar to Choiceana, but the fruit 
is almost round. Balled, bushy, 3-4 ft., $2.75; 
2- 3 ft., $2.25. 
The Fragrant Rose Apple 
The Rose Apple (Eugenia jambos) is a beau¬ 
tiful small shrubby tree, its broad, thick, shin¬ 
ing green and bronze foliage being luxuriant 
and handsome. It bears beautiful, small, 
round, creamy-white, rose-flushed fruits, H /2 
to 2 inches in diameter, deliciously rose- 
scented, which may be eaten fresh or used to 
make fragrant jelly or candied fruit. Has large 
showy flowers also. Quite hardy and will 
thrive anywhere in the coastal or foothill 
regions ot Southern California. 5-gal. com 
tainers, $1.50; gal. containers, 60c. 
THE NATAL PLUM 
Brilliant scarlet 
fruits, deep green 
foliage. Fragrant 
white flowers. 
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