 At first, the flowers are enclosed in a sheath, but as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine inches long, and bent a little on one side. As it ripens, it turns yellow ; and when ripe, it is filled...  A Handy Dictionary of Commercial Information - Page 329by Edward T. Blakely - 1878 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Botany, Economic - 1829 - 446 pages
...feet. At first the flowers are inclosed in a sheath, but, as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine...side. As it ripens it turns yellow ; and when ripe, it is filled with a pulp of ;i luscious sweet taste. The Plantain — (JHwaa paradisiacal. THE BANANA... | |
 | Botany, Economic - 1830 - 438 pages
...feet. At first the flowers are inclosed in a sheath, but, as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine...side. As it ripens it turns yellow ; and when ripe, it is filled with a pulp of a luscious sweet taste. 364 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. The Plantain — (Musa... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Cyclopaedias - 1831 - 484 pages
...feet. At first, the flowers are enclosed in a sheath, but, as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine...side. As it ripens, it turns yellow ; and when ripe, it is filled with л pulp of a luscious sweet taste. The Banana is a shorter and rounder fruit than... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in 252 THE PENNY MAGAZINE. 253 diameter, eight or nine inches long, and bent a little...side. As it ripens it turns yellow ; and when ripe, it is filled with a pulp of a luscious sweet taste. The banana is not known in an uncultivated state.... | |
 | Charles Williams - Botany - 1833 - 300 pages
...flowers are enclosed in a sheath of a fine purple colour ; but, as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine inches long, and bent a little on one side ; it is at first green ; as it ripens it turns yellow, and is filled with a pulp of a * Mnsa paradisiaca.... | |
 | Charles Williams - Botany - 1833 - 284 pages
...purple color ; but, as they come to maturity, that drops off. The * Musa paradisiaca. TUB BANANA. 167 fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine inches long, and bent a little on one side ; it is at first green ; as it ripens it turns yellow, and is filled with a pulp of a luscious sweet... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Domestic animals - 1833 - 478 pages
...feet. At first, the flowers are enclosed in a sheath, but as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine inches long, and bent a litlle on one •side. As it ripens, it turns yellow ; and when ripe, it is filled with a pulp of a... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 474 pages
...feet. At first, the flowers are enclosed in a sheath, but as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine...side. As it ripens, it turns yellow ; and when ripe, it is filled with a pulp of a luscious sweet taste. The Banana is a shorter and rounder fruit than... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...feet. At first the flowers are enclosed in a sheath, but, as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine...a little on one side. As it ripens it turns yellow ; ana when ripe, it is filled with a pulp of a luscious sweet taste. The banana is not known in an... | |
 | William Rhind - 1841 - 756 pages
...feet. At first the flowers are inclosed in a sheath, but as they come to maturity, that drops off. The fruit is about an inch in diameter, eight or nine...side. As it ripens it turns yellow; and when ripe, it is filled with a pulp of a luscious sweet taste. The BANANA, (musa sapicntum) is a shorter and rounder... | |
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