. 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. ., which are generally entire, smooth,and minutely scaly; small fls. in compound axillary ra-cemes, or in thyrsi at the end of the twigs ; a small4-toothed calyx, a 4-cleft corolla, 2 stamens, a 2-cleftstigma: the fr. a drupe. It is a native of Syria andother Asiatic countries, and
. 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. ., which are generally entire, smooth,and minutely scaly; small fls. in compound axillary ra-cemes, or in thyrsi at the end of the twigs ; a small4-toothed calyx, a 4-cleft corolla, 2 stamens, a 2-cleftstigma: the fr. a drupe. It is a native of Syria andother Asiatic countries, and has for many centuries be-come naturalized in the south of Europe. In the Mission San Diego, in the far southern part ofCalifornia, were planted the first Olives, according to 1126 OLIVE OLIVE the early historical accounts, which are more or lessauthentic. It is known that in 1709 sundry fruit andvegetable seeds were imported into California fromMexico by Jos6 de Galvez, and it is assumed that amongthem were seeds of the Olive, for in after years, as newmissions were built, the Fathers planted Olive treesgrown from cuttings taken from trees at the old SanDiego Mission. Hence the name Mission by whichthis variety became known; and it was the only varietywith which Californiaus were familiar until about 1880,. 1521. Ol nd fruit. after which time many trees were annually importedfrom Italy, Spain and France, though some were im-ported in smaller numbers previous to this time. There is an immense area in California suited to thecultivation of the Olive, both as to climate and soil. Itextends from the southernmost extremity to the foot ofMount Shasta, nearly 600 miles, and in width from thefoot-hills of the Sierra Nevadas to the coast,varied accor-ding to soil and other local conditions. Theoretically thisrange is true, the Olive requiring a mean annual tem-perature of 57°, the mean for the coldest month to be 41°,and at no time must the temperature fall below 14°. Butwhile the O
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