Growing Tasty Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere PDF
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ß Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin Storey Publishing The mission of Storey Publishing is to serve our customers by publishing practical information that encourages personal independence in harmony with the environment. Edited by Gwen Steege and Fern Marshall Bradley Art direction and book design by Dan O. Williams Production design by Patrick Barber/McGuire Barber Design Back cover photography by © Adam Mastoon Photography Interior photography credits appear below Illustrations by © Beverly Duncan Recipes reviewed by Andrea Chesman Indexed by Christine R. Lindemer, Boston Road Communications © 2010 by Byron E. Martin and Laurelynn G. Martin All rights reserved. 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Donnelley 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Martin, Byron, 1953– Growing tasty tropical plants in any home, anywhere / Byron E. Martin and Laurelynn G. Martin. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-60342-577-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Food crops. 2. Tropical plants. 3. Plants, Edible. I. Martin, Laurelynn G., 1961– II. Title. SB175.M37 2010 635—dc22 2010022532 Interior photography courtesy of the authors: 19, 21 right, 23, 25 top right and bottom, 27, 29, 31 top right and bottom, 35 right, 37 right, 39 top right and bottom left, 41, 43, 45, 47, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61 top, 63 left, 65 top right, 67, 68, 69, 71 top and bottom left, 73 right, 75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103 left, 107, 109, 111, 113, 117, 119, 121, 123 Additional interior photography by © Alan Crostwaite/World of Stock: 39 top left; © Food Collection/StockFood: 103 right; © Goss Images/Alamy: 31 left; © Martin Hughes-Jones/GAP Photos: 65 top left; © David Karp and Toni Siebert, Citrus variety collection, University of California at Riverside: 35 left, 37 left, 39 bottom right, 49; © Alia Luria/iStockphoto.com: 61 bottom; © Patrick Lynch/Alamy: 65 bottom left; © Andy Maluche/OnAsia:60; © Adam Mastoon Photography: 2, 6, 11, 12, 15, 32–33, 124; © Sean McFall: 25 top left; © Myrone/Flickr: 63 right; © deb roby/Flickr: 31 center; © Smend/StockFood Munich: 73 left; © Robert Walls/Alamy: 71 bot- tom right; Wikimedia Commons: 21 left, 65 bottom right, 77 For all gardeners everywhere: May the process of gardening be the reward, and the bearing of fruit, the acknowledgment. In memory of Big Bob, Robert H. Glass, a Florida plant-collecting companion, but more importantly a father. 1934–2009 Introduction: Enjoying an Indoor Edible Oasis 10 Contents Part 1: Citrus Fruits Australian Finger Lime 18 Myrtle-Leaf Orange 36 Calamondin Orange 20 Orange 38 Citron 22 Sunquat 40 Citrumelo 24 Sweet Lemon 42 Grapefruit 26 Tahitian Orange 44 Kumquat 28 Tangerine 46 Lemon 30 Temple Orange 48 Lime 34 Part 2: The Rest of the Tropical Fruit Basket Acerola 52 Olive 80 Australian Beach Cherry 54 Orangeberry 82 Avocado 56 Papaya 84 Banana 58 Passion Fruit 86 Dragon Fruit 62 Peanut Butter Fruit 90 Dwarf Pomegranate 64 Pineapple 92 Fig 66 Pineapple Guava 94 Guava 70 Rose Apple 96 June Plum 72 Sapodilla 98 Miracle Berry 74 Star Fruit 100 Naranjilla 76 Tree Tomato 102 Noni 78 Part 3: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate Chocolate 106 Tea 110 Coffee 108 Yerba Maté 112 Part 4: Sugar and Spices Black Pepper 116 Sugarcane 120 Cinnamon 118 Vanilla 122 Part 5: Plant Care Getting Started from the Bottom Up 126 Pests and Diseases 143 Maintaining Your Plants 130 Troubleshooting Guide 150 Propagation 140 Glossary 153 Resources 155 Acknowledgments 156 Index 157 Australian Finger Lime Calamondin Orange Citron Citrumelo Grapefruit 18 20 22 24 26 Kumquat Lemon Lime Myrtle-Leaf Orange Orange 28 30 34 36 38 Sunquat Sweet Lemon Tahitian Orange Tangerine Temple Orange 40 42 44 46 48 Acerola Australian Beach Cherry Avocado Banana Dragon Fruit 52 54 56 58 62 Dwarf Pomegranate Fig Guava June Plum Miracle Berry Naranjilla 64 66 70 72 74 76 Noni Olive Orangeberry Papaya Passion Fruit 78 80 82 84 86 Peanut Butter Fruit Pineapple Pineapple Guava Rose Apple Sapodilla 90 92 94 96 98 Star Fruit Tree Tomato Chocolate Coffee Tea 100 102 106 108 110 Yerba Maté Black Pepper Cinnamon Sugarcane Vanilla 112 116 118 120 122
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