. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CHENOPODIUM CHERRY 291 are used as greens. In American gardens it is usually- known as Mercury (the name is sometimes corrupted to Markery). Lvs. triangular-ovate, with very long, wide- spreading basal lobes ; margins entire ; plant mealy. The plant is of the easiest culture; 1-2 ft. high. Other Chenopodiums of
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CHENOPODIUM CHERRY 291 are used as greens. In American gardens it is usually- known as Mercury (the name is sometimes corrupted to Markery). Lvs. triangular-ovate, with very long, wide- spreading basal lobes ; margins entire ; plant mealy. The plant is of the easiest culture; 1-2 ft. high. Other Chenopodiums of economic interest are the Quinoa {G. Quinoa, Willd.), of S. Amer., of which the large seeds are used as food (it is an annual, with aspect of the common pigweed, C. albicm ; seeds sold by European dealers. 3641); O. ambrosioides, Linn., Mexican Tea, affords a medicinal extract; C. anthelminticum, Linn., Wormseed, affords a vermifuge. The Feather Geranium or Jerusalem Oak of florists is C, BoU-ys, Linn. It is annual, glandular-pubescent and aromatic, 1-3 ft. high, with pinnatifid lvs. and long, feather-like, enduring spikes, for which it is used in vases and baskets. Pretty. L. H. 425. Cherimoya. CHEBIMOYA, CHESIMOYEB (Anona CherimoUa, Mill.). Fig. 425. The Cherimoya is considered by many to be the finest of the subtropical fruits, and that not only by the natives of the countries where it grows, but also by Europeans. It is somewhat like the Sweet Sop (A. squamosa); both are excellent when grown in cli- mates that suit them; but the Cherimoya has a decided acidity, which is most agreeable and grateful to the taste. See Anona. The fruit is'rounded, but irregular in shape, weighing from 3 to 5 lbs., and even double that under cultivation. There i's a thin, greenish rind, marked off l)y somewhat raised lines into pentagonal or hexagonal spaces. Beneath is a white pulp, embedded in which are the black seeds, radiating from an internal central stalk. The white pulp is the
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