. Fruit culture in foreign countries. Reports, from the consuls of the United States, on fruit culture in their several districts, in answer to a circular from the Department of State. Fruit-culture. Fje. 3.— Albero cob frutt. 2. Vegetation.—In many parts of Italy this plant grows spontaneously, and principally derived from seeds deposited by some large bird's ex- crements, which are in a condition of sprouting. But the plant left to itself grows and rises slowly from the ground, the branches furnish a few and small leaves, bearing very late, and the fruit yields but a little oil. The oliv
. Fruit culture in foreign countries. Reports, from the consuls of the United States, on fruit culture in their several districts, in answer to a circular from the Department of State. Fruit-culture. Fje. 3.— Albero cob frutt. 2. Vegetation.—In many parts of Italy this plant grows spontaneously, and principally derived from seeds deposited by some large bird's ex- crements, which are in a condition of sprouting. But the plant left to itself grows and rises slowly from the ground, the branches furnish a few and small leaves, bearing very late, and the fruit yields but a little oil. The olive tree propagated by seeds and subjected to grafting, when located on open air and on well adapted land, throws towards the ground a good main root, from which many others grow down deep, and the tree from its base acquires a majestic appearance. On points where th(3 trunk joins the roots on the largest of them develop certain swell- ings called oroli (springs), which me used for propagating the culture. If the plant be destroyed by storm or killed by frost from its base, yet many shoots will come out, altliough less than when it is in the regular coarse of vegetation; these springs repeat their growing from the orig- inal 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 United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce (1854-1903). Washington, Govt. Print. Off.
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