Archive image from page 119 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 ture. From the fan ihai iipniiiias ilcairiNli In-st iii regions where ex]u-i-inMiii:il li'i-iii-iilturf n-crivrs litth- or no attention, the iIimIu|.111. lit ,if ilcsirahle iTiomir varieties has not l)een what misht be ex
Archive image from page 119 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 ture. From the fan ihai iipniiiias ilcairiNli In-st iii regions where ex]u-i-inMiii:il li'i-iii-iilturf n-crivrs litth- or no attention, the iIimIu|.111. lit ,if ilcsirahle iTiomir varieties has not l)een what misht be expected of phiuts which respond so readily to cultivation and selection, and which may be hybridized with so little difficulty. Botanically considered, the fruit is a kind of berry, varying from dry to Hesliv and succulent. Morpho- Iogi( alU It 1-. a modihtd sti m with thi true >.( od capsule sunkm into its iipi\ hence it hears li i\ts md spines, and 11 iiill\ uu 1 1 lilt il h conditions md trununtU in til. It becomes detichid will bud ;iii ' 111 cutting h 1 cult by the aborigines of \ii II discover\ md were early ii i I I rers to Spain and Spanish il I the world After becoming .1 \zoies and Madeira islands, II IV 1 (ulture p\tenrl<d to Portu- .,ui, â -, I , I I ( th. Alediter- otb. r [ 11 times th South W have I Iter lnl I ters the _i( it \ iii iti ii i soil and climatu conditi which natural hvbrids oi cultivated and intioduc I considerable liti i it n i Pisr Baiberr\ l-i. I but fruits The two most widilv distributed and extensiveh cul- tivated are O b Kiis Tndua AviHO Jinin T hesc plants have often b( tn (cmfuscd h\ auth r Mii li rli it has been written under the name of one | Ins to tht other lhe\ areiloseh Imki 1 i-. and each has been in cultivation i 'd that numerous cultuial \arieties li I r- ticularlv m Mexico ind bicih It i , i the manv cultn ited form- of both species oritm itcd fiom the same source Although the Mexicans and Indians eat the truit of OPUNTIA mo
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