Charles R. Boning - Floridas Best Fruiting Plants: Native and Exotic Trees, Shrubs, and Vines

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FRUIT AND SPICE PARK Miami-Dade Countys Fruit and Spice Park houses the premier public collection of subtropical and tropical fruit trees in the continental United States. This unique park, set on 33 acres, was founded in 1944. It is located in the Redlands area, at 24801 SW 187 Avenue, Homestead, FL 33031. The park features mature specimens of many rare and exotic fruit species. Visitors can stroll beneath mature jackfruit, star apple, lychee, and tamarind trees, among others. The park has an extensive collection of mangos, avocados, and Annonas. Samples are available for tasting at the front entrance. While visitors are prohibited from picking fruit, they are permitted to taste fallen fruit.

FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN Fairchild Tropical Garden has an extensive collection of fruit trees, palms, and ornamentals from around the world. This lush 83-acre arboretum was founded in 1938. It is located just south of downtown Miami, at 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156. Fairchild Tropical Garden hosts the International Mango Festival and fruit seminars and other events. The Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion features a number of ultratropical fruit trees in a specially constructed greenhouse. Other fruiting species are scattered throughout the garden.

MOUNTS BOTANICAL GARDEN Mounts Botanical Garden is located in West Palm Beach, just west of the airport. The address 531 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415. It features a number of tropical and subtropical fruit trees.

FLAMINGO GARDENS This park features a collection of citrus and some other subtropical fruit species. It is located in Broward County, west of Ft. Lauderdale, at 3750 S. Flamingo Road, Davie, FL 33330. Tours and educational programs are available.

HARRY P. LEU GARDENS While this botanical garden is primarily a collection of flowering plants, it also features several tropical and subtropical fruit species. It is located at 1920 N. Forest Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803.

AUDUBON BOTANICAL GARDEN The Botanical Garden at the Tropical Audubon Society is a 3-acre garden located behind the Doc Thomas house in south Miami. It is home to several native fruiting plants. The address is 5530 Sunset Drive, Miami, FL 33143.

EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS FOR HUNGER ORGANIZATION (ECHO) This nonprofit Christian organization, which provides agricultural knowhow to those living in impoverished conditions, maintains a demonstration farm, tropical fruit orchard, bookstore, and nursery at 17391 Durrance Road, North Fort Myers, FL 33917.

MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS This garden promotes conservation of tropical plants. It is home to more than 20,000 plants from 214 families, including several fruiting species. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is located at 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236.

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Boning, Charles R.

Floridas best fruiting plants / Charles R. Boning. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-68334-274-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-68334-274-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-13: 978-1-68334-275-5 (electronic)

1. Fruit-cultureFlorida. 2. FruitFlorida. I. Title.

SB355.B66 2006

634.09759dc22 2006005433

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Aerial root - A root produced above ground. Climbing cacti produce aerial roots.

Aggregate fruit - A fruit composed of mature ovaries from separate pistils of a single flower. The atemoya and blackberry are aggregate fruit.

Air layering - A method of propagation through which roots are forced to develop on the branch of a tree. The rooted branch is then severed and planted.

Alternate bearing - Describing the tendency of some fruit trees to produce a heavy crop one year followed by a light crop the following year.

Alternate leaves - Leaves that occur singly at the leaf nodes, so that 2 leaves do not appear opposite one another along the stem.

Anther - The enlarged tip of a stamen that produces pollen.

Anthracnose - A fungal disease that causes necrotic lesions on the leaves, stems, and fruit of various species.

Apex - The tip, often of a leaf or fruit. In a fruit the apex is located at the end distant from the stem insert.

Areole - A circular cluster of spines on a cactus.

Aril - A fleshy covering around the seed, which develops from the ovule stalk. In some instances, the aril represents the edible portion of the fruit.

Axil - The juncture of the petiole (leaf stalk) and the stem. Flower buds may develop in leaf axils.