Beautify Your Home with 
Doorvard Fruit Trees 
Let our Landscaping Department show you a selec- 
tion of Tropical Fruit Trees that will greatly add to 
the beauty and value of your property, and, at the 
same time, keep your table supplied with your own 
fresh fruit throughout the entire year. 
LY CHEE 
South Florida’s newest plant 
sensation. Ripens in June. 
Sturdy plants in all sizes be- 
ginning 18 in.-24 in. at $3.50 to 
5 ft.-6 ft. at $17.50 and larger. 
MANGO 
Fruit from May to October, de- 
pending on variety. 12 select 
grafted varieties offered: Flori- 
gon - Haden - Irwin - Zill - Kent 
- Sensation - Davis Haden - 
Smith-Lippins - Carrie - Brooks 
- Keitt. Vigorous plants begin- 
ning 3 ft.-4 ft. at $5.00, to 5 ft.- 
7 ft. at $12.50 and larger. 
AVOCADO 
Fruit 10 months of the year 
from June to March, depending 
on variety. 7 choice varieties 
offered: Pollack - Booth No. 7 - 
Booth No. 8 - Hall - Taylor - 
Lula - Choquette. Beginning 3 
ft. plants at $2.95, to 5 ft. at 
$7.50. 
CITRUS 
Fruit in Winter and Spring. 
Wide selection of early and late 
varieties including Kumquat 
and Calomondin, bearing-size 
Pineapple Orange, Mineola 
Tangelo, Persian Lime - $2.95. 
JAPANESE 
PERSIMMON 
One of China and Japan’s most 
important fruit crops. Orange- 
reddish fruits maturing in the 
Autumn. 6 ft. trees at $3.50. 
MACADAMIA 
The world’s most delicious nut. 
from Australia, long grown in Hawaii and 
presently being widely planted as a commer- 
cial crop in Southern California, 5 ft. plants 
at $5.00. 
CARAMBOLA 
Exotic tropical fruit. Bright 
yellow, star-shaped in cross sec- 
tion. 3 crops a year. Excellent 
for garnishing salads. 2 ft. 
plants at $2.00. 
ANTIDESMA 
Decorative berry crop three 
times a year, in clusters, start- 
ing green, turning bright red 
and to a deep purple at matur- 
ity. Florida’s best jelly fruit. 
Bearing size plants at $3.50. 
SAPODILLA 
Improved “Prolific” and 
“Brown Sugar” varieties of this 
handsome old Central Ameri- 
can favorite. Source of com- 
mercial chicle for chewing gum. 
2 or 3 crops of fruit a year. 3 
ft. - 4 ft. plants at $5.00. 
BANANA 
Edible Cavendish and Lady 
Finger varieties at $2.50 to 
$5.00. 
BARBADOS 
CHERRY 
Purplish-red berries, 3 or 4 
crops a year. Astonishingly 
rich in Vitamin C. Plants bear- 
ing fruit now. 2 ft. - 3 ft. at 
$3.50; 5 ft. - 6 ft. at $7.50. 
NUT CROPS 
PECAN 
Handsome deciduous trees, in the improved 
commercial varieties: Schley - Money Maker 
- Success - Stuart. 4 ft. - 5 ft. plants at $3.50; 
6 ft. - 8 ft. at $5.00. 
Originally 
COLLECTORS’ ITEMS 
GUAVA 
Wonderfully new and improved 
varieties: Red Hybred - White 
Hybred - Pink Indian. 3 crops 
a year. Big 5 ft. - 6 ft. bushy 
trees at $7.50. 
FIG 
“Brown Turkey” and “Celeste” 
varieties thriving in Florida’s 
climate. Fruiting late Spring to 
early Autumn. Bushy plants 3 
ft. - 4 ft. at $3.50. 
LOQUAT 
Native of China and Japan, de- 
licious sub-acid fruits. In full 
bloom now for fruit in early 
Spring. Best grafted varieties 
$3.50 to $5.00, 
TROPICAL 
RASPBERRY 
Adapted to Florida’s climate. 
Fruit through the Spring and 
early Summer months. Bearing 
size in gallon tins at $1.50. 
CEYLON PEACH 
Fruits just earlier than its 
Georgia cousin. Excellent table 
fruit or for cooking and pre- 
serves. Bushy plants 4 ft. - 5 
ft. at $7.50; 6 ft. at $10.00. 
BREADFRUIT (Artocarpus communis) @ JAK FRUIT (Artocarpus integri- 
folia) e PITOMBA (Eugenia luschnathiana) e GRUMICHAMA (Eugenia dom- 
beya) e JABOTICABA (Myrciaria cauliflora) © MAMMEA (Mammea_ameri- 
cana) © DOVYALLIS HYBRED (Dovyallis Sp.) USDA Chapman Field intro- 
PALMER NURSERIES 
duction. 
OSPREY, FLORIDA 
MEMBER: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN—FLORIDA NURSERYMEN AND GROWERS ASSN.—FLORIDA LYCHEE GROWERS ASSN, 
Reprinted From Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sunday, November 21, 1954 
