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Popular types of fruit trees
include mango, coconut, citrus, guava, avocado, papaya, lychee,
breadfruit and banana. Macadamia, is also an attractive choice, but
don't forget lesser known nuts like the Pili nut and Almond de Mer, or
Tropical Almond. Besides the more popular edibles, rambutan, carambola,
sapodilla, sugar apple, sour sop, loquat, longan and tamarind are
others that are ornamental trees.
You don't have to stop with
these. Shrubs like the natal plum, ceylon gooseberry, surinam cherry or
pineapple guava might be used. Vines often add the right touch on a
fence. Passion fruit, ceylon spinach, winged bean and others will
produce goodies to treat your appetite. Even edible ground covers may
be incorporated into a garden. Many herbs are tough and attractive as
are some of our tropical vegetables, like dryland taro, sweet potato,
monstera, and Tahitian spinach.
There
are many publications
available through the University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension
Service to help you with care and use of some of the plants you might
select. Individuals with home garden questions may call the Master
Gardener Growline at 322-4892 on Thursday mornings for answers. Answers
are also available at the Kona Outdoor Circle, 329-7286. KOC has a
great gardening library you can browse as well:
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- Cassava
- Growing Edibles In The Warm-Temperate And Tropical Zone
- Fruits of Warm Climates - Purdue Univ.
- Grow
Fruit in the Home Garden in Tropical Areas
- Temperate Fruit for the Home Landscape
- The Natural Food Hub has quite a bit of info. http://www.naturalhub.com/- and http://www.naturalhub.com/grow_fruit_and_nuts_in_subtropical_areas.htm
- Belieze survival plants and edible beach plants.
- Tropical edibles http://www.paddleasia.com/tropical_plant_edible.htm
- http://www.hawaiiantropicalplants.com/plantinformation.html
- California Rare Fruit Growers -Miscellaneous Links
- Cassava (manioc)
- WebGarden - Information on various vegetables fromOSU.
(http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/vegie.html) - Glossary
- Sunset Garden Guide: :Plant Finder - Fruits and Veggies - Garden Basics - Climate Zones - Blog: Fresh Dirt
- Tropical Fruit Tree Descriptions
- Tropical Fruit Megalinks
- Extra Large Tropical Fruit Poster now in a new
enlarged and improved edition has 163 photos and names in English,
Latin, and even Japanese. Also tells you when the fruits are in season
in Hawaii.
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Seasonal Tropical Fruit Cards. All the tropical
fruits divided into the four seasons in which they bear. Laminated and
convenient to carry around.
- Mango Varieties
- Tropical Fruit Tree Descriptions
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Books on Tropical Fruits
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Southeast Asian Fruit Links
- South American Fruit Links
- Some Tropical Fruits Having Salt Tolerance
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California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG)
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Edis Subtropical & Tropical Fruits
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Know & Enjoy Tropical Fruit
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NewCROP HomePage
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Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species, Website links to all organizations working with underutilized crops.
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Contact the Crop Experts
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Hawaii Tropical Fruit Links
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Ken Love's Hawaii based information, labels, and products made from tropical fruits
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Tropical Fruit Images
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Tropical Fruit Posters
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Video
Clip Bank form the Tropical Fruit Virtual Field Laboratory - video and audio clips about the south Florida tropical fruit
industry.
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Florida fruit growers
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Growing Fruit in Florida
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Tropical Research & Education Center, Homestead, Florida
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Fairchild Tropical Garden- Botanical Resource Center
- Brevard Rare Fruit Organization, Florida,
Excellent selection of photos
- Broward Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council, Organization, Florida,
- Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Organization, Florida
- The West Australian Nut & Tree Crop Association website. Free downloads of their back newsletters and publications
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Hardy tropicals
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Israel Exotic Fruit Association
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Tropical Fruit Message Boards and
Online Newsletters
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Tropical Fruit News Magazine
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Rare Tropical Fruits Homepage
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Grafting Techniques Animations
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University of Missouri publication on grafting, with useful links.
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Another site covering grafting of hibiscus, but can be applied to any plant.
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Avocado Varietal Descriptions, Images, and Information
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Banana Links and Images
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Bacuri and Bacuripari Information
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Borojo Links
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Breadfruit Links
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Cacao Plant Photos
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Cambuca (Plinia edulis). Information and Photos on a very rare Brazilian fruit.
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Carambola (Starfruit) Varietal Image Gallery
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Cherimoya Links
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Citrus Links
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Durian Links
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Jackfruit Information
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Langsat, Duku, Duku-Langsat, and Longkong--What are the Differences?
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Lychee Links and Images
- Marula
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Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Links - Comprehensive information, photos, and links to other pawpaw sites.
- Pineapple Links
- Pitaya Information, from Australia Agriculture Department Notes
- Concise guide to grow dragon fruit by William Chow
- Rambutan Links and Images
- Tea, an easy way to make it from your own plants.
- I Love Plants Gardening Directoy. Links to over 6000 sites and 100 categories.
- Agriculture Today
- Agricultural Resources - agriculture related news, books and web resources.
- Directory Garden--A comprehensive gardening directory. Includeds state by state listings.
- Quisqualis--educational
web site that promotes the growing, conservation and usage of rare
edibles throughout the world with an emphasis on the tropics.
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7-29-08 Audrey Wilson wrote a Hawaii Tribune-Herald article about Tilapia in which she interviewed Wayne Oakmura (Kohala) who gave her phone numbers for East Hawaii tilapia growers Jerome Sasaki, Roy Tanaka and Larry Balberde.
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Horticulture Links
- Fruits of Warm Climates - Purdue Univ.
- Gardeniing In Hawaii
- Online
Horticultural Dictionary - National Gardening Association - more than 15,000
gardening terms, including an index of more than 10,000
common names of plants.
- Search
for the scientific name or common name of any plant.
- The Organic
InfoBank
- The Garden Web is
a collection of gardening resources, including an on-line
seed/plant exchange service.
- Garden Website
for Southern Gardeners in the US
- Frieda's: The
Specialty Produce People markets over 500 items
including exotic fruit, specialty vegetables, dried
fruits and nuts, mushrooms, squash, and a wide variety of
Asian and Latin foods. The site includes recipies and
other info.
- The Mining Co.
GuideSite for Gardening
- Fintrac - a small
consultancy firm specializing in the marketing and
postharvest handling of specialty and tropical fruits and
vegetables from developing countries. They have market
and postharvest information on rare fruits. Working in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America for a variety of clients,
they manage several agricultural Web sites.
- GAIN -
Postharvest information and photo library! Also,
articles from a bi-monthly newsletter: Tropical
Produce Marketing News
- 104 Things To
Do With A Banana - A Recipes page.
- GardenGuides ... a
growing resource for gardeners
- Online Global
Garden magazine serving Australia and areas
throughout the world enjoying a similar climate e.g.
California, with well-informed views, news, reviews and
clues on the art and science of gardening.
- Digitalseed A Southern California Gardening
Resource
- The Natural Food Hub - quite a bit of information
on growing fruit in the temperate / warm-temperate / sub-tropical / tropical zone.
- GREIG and Associates - pineapple
production consultants
- Allexperts
Gardening Q&A -Top gardeners answer all your one-on-one gardening
questions for free!
- A Garden Community -Garden Directory over 100 Categories to choose from. Plus
Free News Group Access for many Garden Groups, Garden Zone finder,
Garden Books and Magazines, Articles, Free Garden Pictures and more.
- Plant Propagation from Cuttings - Everything you ever wanted to know - and perhaps more
- Calimoya Brand Cherimoyas - an
information and marketing site from CRFG member Jay Ruskey. Mail-order fruit
available.
- Seeds of Italy - Distributors of
Franchi Italian seeds from the UK and soon in the US
- Today's Market Prices - Worldwide
daily market prices for herbs, fruits and vegetables (subscription) plus many
links on the "Green Wide Web".
- 3D Garden Composer - Software
for garden and landscaping design.
- Gardenstructure.com - Canadian
supplier of information and plans for pergolas, arbors, trellises, fences and other garden
structures
- Canadian Agricultural Site -
Canadian produce farmers featured on a small collection of links.
- BackyardGreenhouses.com -
A Canadian greenhouse company, this one with a seed catalog including fruits
of interest and "rare seeds".
- The Passion Flower Seed Company
& British National Collection of Passiflora - Good pictures of passion
flowers and a seed source for both non-fruiting and fruiting varieties.
- Mangos and other fruits from the
Northern Territory, Australia
- EcoIQ Urban Greening -
links for ecologically beneficial goods, services and organizations.
- Rittenhouse Garden Tools -
Canadian source for gardening tools and equipment for 85 years.
- Agriwatch - Indian agribusiness
website with world agricultural news and information sources.
- Hydrolinks - a list of
links to hydroponics-related companies, educational websites and home pages of
hydroponics afficionados.
- Barbadine Tropical Seeds -
interesting assortment of seeds from the French Ile de la Reunion in the Indian
Ocean. Of course, prices are now in Euros.
- The Banana Site - Just about
anything banana-related
- Farmers Markets -
compendium of information about Farmers Markets in California and the rest of
the U.S.
- Calendula Horticultural Books
- A source for rare and out-of-print books on all aspects of gardening,
especially fruits.
- Photofruit.net - A
professional image bank of royalty-free photos of fruits, nuts and vegetables,
available on-line and on CD from Europe. Specializing in Thai fruit photos and
exotics.
- INetTours.Com
- Internet picture tour of San Francisco's Strybing Arboretum as well as Golden
Gate Park, and other San Francisco and Northern California sites.
- Hummert International - growing
solutions for over 65 years. Good selection of misting equipment and many other
horticulture supplies.
- Direct Seed Company -
Reportedly the largest available selection of passiflora seeds in the world and
it's in Costa Mesa, California. They offer many fruiting varieties.
- Avant Gardening -
Sustainable organic gardening information site from New Mexico.
- PlantSeeker.Com - Buy, sell or
trade plants on-line. Currently free.
- New
Australian Hybrid Limes - This site describes some of the new hybrid citrus
varieties coming out of Australia.
- Homestead Harvest - Offering supplies
and information for preserving your harvest.
- Agriculture Today - Listing pages of links to agriculture-related sites
- Virtual Farm - directory of agricultural
Web sites and agricultural news - links to organizations, crop growers, livestock
breeders, and news on field crops and livestock.
- Panoramic Fruit - Exotic fruit
farm in western Puerto Rico, source for rambutan, mangosteen, longan and durian.
- Garden Tools by Garden Hardware Co. - A South Carolina supplier of gardening essentials.
- Rising Mist Organic Farm - Worm bins - worm castings - worm harvesters and red worms.
- Plants Wiki - Plant information you can edit.
- alt.agriculture.fruit,
sci.agriculture.fruit, rec.gardens and rec.gardens.edible UseNet news
groups.
- Open Directory Categories Science: Agriculture: Horticulture: Fruits
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