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. 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. Gardening. 1426. Fruit of Morus alba. ies), Thorburn and and in some parts of tli - are grown, particularh t). the South of tlie Hicks These .- hog pastures, as the annual berry thrives m any garde gests a blacklierry in appear- ance (Fig. 1420). In North America the Mulberry is k
. 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. Gardening. 1426. Fruit of Morus alba. ies), Thorburn and and in some parts of tli - are grown, particularh t). the South of tlie Hicks These .- hog pastures, as the annual berry thrives m any garde gests a blacklierry in appear- ance (Fig. 1420). In North America the Mulberry is known chiefly as a fruit-bearing tree, It is never planted exten- sn . I\ till- fruit is scarcely known 111 th. iiiuk. r. Two or three trees lit th.' grounds are suflicient ~.iiiiiil\ â¢' tamily. The fruits are sweet and soft. To many people they are too sweet. Because of their sweet ness they are of little value for culi- nary uses. They usually drop when ripe. They are harvested by being shaken on sheets or straw. Birds are exceedingly fond of them. In the East and North, varieties of il. alba 1^ the New Ameri- ... I present nurser- . Pacifle coast s of M. niiira- I . I .11. In parts of ti'/'ia are grown, as uUar for planting in hi' fruits. The Mul- It does well even on are chi^tl gited Now a le 1 h gi tt 1 s 1) W 1 grafting is teif i using cion which 1033 e For fruit 1 earing ^ur tioni .0 to 40 feet ij-art re offshoots of M II i reat hardiness to w tl land Thev are sef 1 f i 1 w e now mostly wci One of the m t ol slow F 11 letli 1 I I 1 t 1 ope t \ M 1 tl e So ith Th. prevent sprouting. buds removed I 1 efore they are planted with a long 1 (see Fig. 941). The cut- ^ IS I iiiiise, and the cion takes root of itself are raan\ Mulberries with ornamental forms, e the most popular in America at present is eeping, a chance seedling of the Russij. 1427 A method of Eraftine the Mulberry. a, the cion. b, matiix to receive cion; c, th
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