. College botany; structure, physiology and economics of plants. Botany. DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 363 forest and shade trees and the wood is used for many purposes. The sap of the sugar maple (A. saccharum) is used extensively in the manufacture of sugar. ViTACEiE (Grape Family).—Shrubs, usually climbing by tendrils ; leaves alternate, palmately veined or compound ; flower clusters and tendrils opposite the leavesi; flower regular; sepals. Fig. 205.—Maple. very small; petals fo'Ur or five; stamens five and opposite the petals; pistil short; fruit a pulpy berry. The grape was cultivated in very an
. College botany; structure, physiology and economics of plants. Botany. DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 363 forest and shade trees and the wood is used for many purposes. The sap of the sugar maple (A. saccharum) is used extensively in the manufacture of sugar. ViTACEiE (Grape Family).—Shrubs, usually climbing by tendrils ; leaves alternate, palmately veined or compound ; flower clusters and tendrils opposite the leavesi; flower regular; sepals. Fig. 205.—Maple. very small; petals fo'Ur or five; stamens five and opposite the petals; pistil short; fruit a pulpy berry. The grape was cultivated in very ancient time, 4000 years or more It is indigenous to both the old and new worlds, but the two types are somewhat different; the old-world grapes, which have probably been derived from VUis vinifera, include the wine- and raisin-producing varieties, while the American grapes, which have been derived from V. rotundifolia or the southern fox grape and T^ labrusca or northern fox grape, are most .valuable as table grapes. The history of the grape industry. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Melville Thurston, 1869-1952. Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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