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with a fiery spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. Jerk seasoning principally relies upon two items: allspice (Jamaican Pimento) and Scotch bonnet peppers...

intermediate house. For culture, see Cattleya. Chysis. Culture as for Vanda. Cirrhopetalum. For culture, see Cirrhopetalum. Cleisostoma. Culture as for Aerides...

should be supplied liberally. In Australia, the profits of passion-fruit culture are reported to run from $100 to $300 an acre annually. Because of the short...

1906. The colors range from white to crimson, sometimes with an eye. The culture of such a various group as hibiscus cannot be described in detail. In general...

Oncidium and Sigmatostalix. Arcula no. 12: 298-311. Oncidium Seasonal Culture Information...

in 132 countries worldwide, more than any other fruit crop. In popular culture and commerce, "banana" usually refers to soft, sweet "dessert" bananas that...

wild state and capable of vast improvement by selection and breeding. The culture of the guavas presents few difficulties. Nearly all species succeed on a...

Catnip tea is used as a relaxant, sedative, and to calm. Cerasse, a bitter Jamaican herb [1] Chamomile tea is used as a sedative. In Beatrix Potter's The Tale...

from Mex. to Brazil and the W. Indies. The brassias are plants of easy culture and add considerable interest to collections. They have little value as...

southern California. The small plant adapts well to container and greenhouse culture and makes an interesting potted plant. Growth Habit: The pineapple plant...

it is not for the desert. Cherimoyas are not recommended for container culture. Fruits: The compound fruit is conical or somewhat heart-shaped, 4 to 8...

they seldom set fruit in these areas. The tree adapts well to container culture and will sometimes fruit in a greenhouse. The dwarf var. nana is less hardy...

its origin was due to putridity. There are other fine species for indoor culture as A. brasiliensis and A. Goldieana. These are best propagated from cuttings...

called a large orchard of mangosteens. It is hard to understand why the culture of so delicious a fruit as the 'mangosteen should not have been better understood...

cultivation, but thought to be in the Caribbean; the species was described from Jamaica. It is a semi-evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 6-8 m tall. The leaves...

cinnabarinum. Most Epidendrum species require intermediate to warm conditions for culture, although a few of the commonly cultivated species, such as Epidendrum radicans...

favors anthracnose and poor fruit set. Dwarf cultivars are suitable for culture in large containers or in a greenhouse. Growth Habit: Mango trees make handsome...

Jumagua, Cuba while Thrinax excelsa and Thrinax parviflora are endemic to Jamaica. The fourth species, Thrinax radiata, is more widespread - it is present...

It is grown somewhat in the southernmost parts of the United States. The culture is essentially that of the eggplant. Seeds are sown in a seed-bed, and the...

treatment as rodriguezias or the more delicate oncidiums. The best means of culture for the successful growing of these beautiful though delicate orchids is...