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  • There was also the star-apple tree, remarkable for its uniform and graceful shape, full of green fruit, with here and there a ripening specimen; so, also, was the favorite zapota, its rusty coated fruit hanging in tempting abundance.

    Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Trumbull White 1904

  • The bread-fruit tree with its broad, scalloped leaves, the showy star-apple, glossy green above deep gold below, mahoganies, oranges, and bananas, all seem to grow wild.

    Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • When we tread the fertile soil and behold the clustering fruits in such abundance, -- the citron, the star-apple, the perfumed pineapple, the luscious banana, and others, -- not forgetting the various noble woods which caused Columbus to exclaim with pleasure, we are forcibly struck with the thought of how much nature, and how little man, has done for this "Eden of the Gulf."

    Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

  • This fine tree rises like the broad-leaved star-apple.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • It does not resemble the mammee-tree, the star-apple, and several other trees of the tropics, the branches of which (as in the laurel-trees of the temperate zone) rise almost straight towards the sky.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • It does not resemble the mammee-tree, the star-apple, and several other trees of the tropics, the branches of which (as in the laurel-trees of the temperate zone) rise almost straight towards the sky.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • This fine tree rises like the broad-leaved star-apple.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • The names of some fruit-growing areas in the province have become familiar brands, such as Hoa Loc mango (in Cai Be District), Vinh Kim star-apple (in Chau Thanh District), Go Cong cherry,

    unknown title 2009

  • Many farmers specializing in growing mango, mangosteen, rambutan, star-apple, durian and longan trees apply high technology in selecting strains and in farming, which results in bumper harvests.

    unknown title 2009

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