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History Of The Guava

The early Spanish explorers of the 1500's
found Strawberry Guava, 'Acca sellowiana O.,'The fruit is commercially made into puddings,
growing as a native tree in America, wherepies, juices, and jellies, and is a rich
they were firmly established from Mexicosource of Vitamin A and C, as well as many
southward to Peru. History records thatbeneficial minerals. The guava is grown
Seminole Indians were growing guava trees incommercially in Florida and California, and
Northern  Florida  in  1816.in many southern forests the shrub has become
naturalized and mistaken as a native
Strawberry Guava, 'Acca sellowiana O.,' canhistorical  plant
grow into trees 25 feet tall and frequently
they are planted by homeowners as a privacy"Guavaween" is a traditional central Florida
hedge that is easily trimmed or grown as anevent and fund raiser that is held every year
untrimmed windbreak. The guava tree can beto celebrate the advent of the guava
trained to single or multiple trunks bycorresponding to parades and festivals that
pruning and will grow into an excellentare scheduled near Halloween at holidays Ybor
specimen plant that is covered with exoticCity, Florida, an outskirt of Tampa, Florida.
flowers during late spring. The wood is grayThis "Guavaween" event is celebrated during
in color, and the grain is very hard andthe  last  of  October  each  year.
dense. The leaves are small, distinctly
colored flat green, making the plants easilyThere are many kinds of guavas; one tropical
recognized  at  a  distance.guava, 'Psidium guajava L.,' is an important
crop in Hawaii, with fruit production
The guava tree or shrub is slow growing andexceeding 15 million pounds per year. These
requires the planting of two plants forguava fruits are technically considered to be
cross-pollination. The tree is cold hardy toberries, and the trees grow in the wild on
15 degrees Fahrenheit and is salt waterthe island of Kuawai as a native plant.
tolerant. Bees and hummingbirds visit the redBefore harvesting, the plants are vigorously
and yellow flowers, and the pollinationpruned, fertilized, and irrigated. Fresh
visits  result  in  a  heavy  fruit  set.vigorous shoots grow in response to the
pruning, and the delicious fruit forms within
The guava fruit is classified as a berry bythe flowers that mature on the new wood to
most botanists, and it occurs in clustersform guavas and require about seven months to
with individual berries in sizes just underfully  develop.
one inch. Each guava berry is covered by a
rough rind and the pulp inside occurs inMost travelers to Florida last century will
colors  of  white,  pink,  or  red.remember the many tourist stops on U.S.
Highway #1 and U.S. 41 that have now been
The guava tree grows best in partial shade intransformed into interstate highways I-1 and
acidic soils. The plants are virtuallyI-75. Tourist shops such as "Stuckeys" were
disease free, and the fruit is usuallyloaded with souvenirs such as pecan logs. One
harvested by shaking off the mature guavasof the most memorable items displayed for
when the color change occurs, then, they aresale was guava jelly, jam, paste, or any
collected onto sheets or tarps. The fruitother conceivable product that involved the
will keep well in a refrigerator up to a weekuse of the magical fruit of the guava tree.
and can be peeled and eaten as fresh fruit,All these little jars of jelly and other
as a dessert, or in salads. If the fruit isguava products were visually stunning to the
dipped into diluted lemon juice, the color ofeye, revealing their contents in colors of
the  pulp  will  remain  bright.mint green, red, yellow, and blue.



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