Archive image from page 239 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 418 CURRANT able if scalded for a few minutes in boiling water, and flien transferred to fresh water for cooking. It is much esteemed by those who have learned to use it,
Archive image from page 239 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 418 CURRANT able if scalded for a few minutes in boiling water, and flien transferred to fresh water for cooking. It is much esteemed by those who have learned to use it, and is credited with medicinal qualities of value in bowel and throat affections. The plants are exempt from attacks of the Currant worm. Fred W. Card. ClJSCUTA (origin of name obscure). ConvoJvulclcea. Dodder. A genus of degenerate parasitic twiners, hearing clusters of small fls. They are leafless annuals, with very slender yellow or red stems, which become attached to the host-plant by means of root-like suckers. The seeds fall to the ground and germinate in the spring. As soon as the young shoot finds an acceptable host, the root dies and the plant becomes parasitic. Failing to find a host, the plant dies. Dodders are common in low, weedy places. Some species are also serious pests, as the Clover Dodder and Flax Dodder. One of the com- mon species {C. Gronoviiy Willd.), of low grounds, is shown in Pig. 617. CUSHAW. Que of the many names of Cucurbita CUSTARD APPLE. Species <.f Auoa. CUT-FLOWER INPUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES, Fifty years ago it would not have been pos- sible to purchase Cut-fiowers during the winter season in any of the large cities of this country. Today there is scarcely a villaijc of 2,000 to 3,000 population that does not boast of its liorist. wlmst- revenues are largely aug- mented by the sale of <'ut-llowers. Millions of dollars are invested in the cultivation and sale of Cut-flowers in the neighborhood of the large cities of the United States. Th
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