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SUBTROPICAL FRUIT <strong>GARDEN</strong><br />

www.SDBGarden.org<br />

From the Bamboo Garden, turn north<br />

and cross the driveway to enter the<br />

Subtropical Fruit Garden.<br />

The trellis at the entrance to the fruit garden<br />

is overgrown with a dragon fruit plant.<br />

The flesh of the fruit of this cactus plant can<br />

be eaten raw.<br />

Citrus FACTS<br />

Pink Lemonade<br />

Lemon<br />

Sometimes you can find flowers and fruits<br />

on a tree at the same time. Fruits develop<br />

out of flowers.<br />

The ancestors of citrus came<br />

from Southeast Asia, China,<br />

and Malaysia, probably more<br />

than a thousand years ago.<br />

Christopher Columbus brought<br />

citrus plants to America.<br />

Oranges, lemons, limes,<br />

tangerines and grapefruits are<br />

all examples of citrus plants.<br />

Cocktail<br />

Grapefruit<br />

Fig FACTS<br />

Fig trees are one of the first fruits cultivated<br />

by humans. Figs can be eaten raw or dried.<br />

Figs<br />

In 1769, Figs were introduced into California<br />

at Mission <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> de Alcala, about<br />

25 miles south of here.

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