. 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. s,which remain on the plants for a long time after ripen-ing, render them more attractive in fruit than in or f,asciate forms (Fig. 1543) are common. 27ip i?)-;)(70/^/7i(0/)((»//V(, for their fniit in many countries, where they fur-ni
. 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. s,which remain on the plants for a long time after ripen-ing, render them more attractive in fruit than in or f,asciate forms (Fig. 1543) are common. 27ip i?)-;)(70/^/7i(0/)((»//V(, for their fniit in many countries, where they fur-nish an important article of diet for 4-5 months eachyear, they do not as yet take a pomological rank with the 1144 OPUNTIA OPUNTIA horticulturist, thougli they are much more widely usedand of far more economic importance than many plantswhich have an established place in pomological litera-ture. From the fact that Opuntias flourish best inregions where experimental horticulture receives littleor no attention, the development of desirable economicvarieties has not been what might be expected of plantswhich 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 fleshv and succulent. Morpho-. 1543. Opuntia ranio:»issima. To illustrate , which is of frequent occurrence in nearly all species of Cacti. logically, it is a modified stem with thetrue seed capsulesunken into its apex; hence it bears leaves and spines,and usually under suitable conditions and frequently inthe natural state, when it becomes detached, will budand grow like a normal stem-cutting. ifis(o)(/. —Opuntias were cult, by the aborigines ofAmerica at the time of its discovery, and were earlytaken by the Spanish explorers to Spain and Spanishcolonies in other parts of the world. After becomingestablished in the Canaries, Azores, ami ^Madeira was not Imig their i-iil
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