. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 111^ more U'jif and Hinds of â lit num- iiis have liat they ore than seedhnE Date producing 100 tn Jiio p fruit to the triT. A ber of the ini|"irtril pn blossomed to imliiiitr I are not true to iiaiiir.
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 111^ more U'jif and Hinds of â lit num- iiis have liat they ore than seedhnE Date producing 100 tn Jiio p fruit to the triT. A ber of the ini|"irtril pn blossomed to imliiiitr I are not true to iiaiiir. ii one-half of those blossoming to date being staminate, while those that have fruited are inferior to a number of the choicer seedlings irrown in Arizona, Ii yt remains (or another t,, , when greater i-arc may be taken that the imported plants are suck- ers from trees of recognized merit and approved varieties. An examination of s]iccinu'ns of fruit from many of the scdlini; Dates grown in the United Statis. as well as in the state of Sonora, Mexico, during the season of 1898, and also an examination of the fruit of the imported Dates at the Experinii'ut Station farm at Phu- nix, showed in the size, Havor, shape, color, and general desirability of the differ- ent specimens. Only about 50 per cent of the trees ex- amined bore edible Dates, the remainder being astrin- gent even when fully ripe, and little more than a skin over a pit. Of the remaining 50 per cent only about one-fifth were especially desirable and worthy of per- petuating by growing suckers. It must be remembered in this connection that Dates, like most other fruits, do not come true to seed; hence, it is not reasonable to ex- pect a very large percentage of desirable Dates as a re- sult of growing seedlings. Some of the best seedling Dates grown in Arizona in 1898 were light in color and varied in weight from two-sevenths to one-fourth ounce to the specimen, with fr
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