Banana tree showing bud and fruit, Florida, circa 1940

Subjects: Agriculture & Farms Forests & Trees
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Banana tree showing bud and fruit, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A close view of a banana plant's leaves, with a cluster of green-yellow bananas and a large purplish banana flower bud hanging at the right. The caption identifies it as a banana tree showing bud and fruit in Florida. Banana cultivation was promoted in Florida as a subtropical crop in the early 20th century, though frosts limited commercial groves mostly to the southern part of the state.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Feb 24, 1958 St. Augustine, Fla. Dearest Mother and Folks, Have just moved up to Park 5 mi. South of St. Augustine. It is a very old city + I want to look it over. Yesterday went to see some old plantation + sugar mill ruins, burned in Seminole War of 1835. It was a very interesting time. More about that later. Saw bananas growing in Cuba + looks like picture on this card. They grow upside down. That big purple thing is the blossom. Didn't see any ripe ones tho. Each stalk bears one bloom + fruit + then is cut down + grows up new each year - is more bush than tree.

PostmarkedSt. Augustine, FL, February 6, 1958, 18:00

Addressed to

Mrs. W. H. Small

6923 S.E. Overland, Portland, OR

Postcard record

Postmarked	February 6, 1958, 18:00, St. Augustine, FL
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mrs. W. H. Small, 6923 S.E. Overland, Portland, OR
Place depicted	Florida, FL
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp	2c Thomas Jefferson, red
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; no white border. Scan is rotated 90 degrees, so the printed caption runs vertically along the right edge. Postmark: SAINT AUGUSTINE FLA FEB 6 6 PM 1958. Divided-back linen Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card mailed 1958; light edge wear, slight corner bumping.

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Banana tree showing bud and fruit, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/banana-tree-showing-bud-and-fruit-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.