Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported, Edicions 71-73

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The Department, 1923
 

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Pàgina 9 - McDonald," and although both seeds grew, this one is far superior in quality and blooms earlier. Form roundish to spherical ; size medium to medium large; cavity small, shallow, and flaring; stem somewhat slender and very long, varying from 6...
Pàgina 6 - ... to 8 inches in length, and 2J inches in diameter. As they are small and not easily injured, these roots can usually be kept longer after being harvested than the large-rooted kinds. They are smooth, dark grayish-brown, and at a distance of a few feet are likely to be mistaken for the Irish potato. The skin is very thin and tough, and may, after being broken, be pulled off in strips resembling thin pieces of cherry bark. The interior of the root is over 23 per cent starch. It is white, brittle,...
Pàgina 8 - North Island. It is often called the New Zealand oak, on account of the strength and durability of its wood, which is not injured by damp or exposure and is therefore extremely valuable for shipbuilding purposes. The logs are often perforated with holes, the work of a soft-bodied grub which develops into the puriri moth. These holes do not affect the timber, except in so far as it has sometimes to be cut to disadvantage. The handsome, bright glossygreen leaves are 3 to 5 foliolatc with leaflets 3...
Pàgina 6 - ... root is over 23 per cent starch. It is white, brittle, and firm, and practically free from fiber when not allowed to remain too long in the soil. However, roots which are left in the soil until late in the winter sometimes have a few long and rather strong, longitudinal fibers. When cooked the roots are fine-grained, tender, and sweeter in flavor than most other varieties. Since the small yams develop in the surface soil and are not hindered by a compact subsoil, the Potato variety thrives best...
Pàgina 6 - ... skin is very thin and tough, and may, after being broken, be pulled off in strips resembling thin pieces of cherry bark. The interior of the root is over 23 per cent starch. It is white, brittle, and firm, and practically free from fiber when not allowed to remain too long in the soil. However, roots which are left in the soil until late in the winter sometimes have a few long and rather strong, longitudinal fibers. When cooked the roots are fine-grained, tender, and sweeter in flavor than most...
Pàgina 35 - Linnaeus and were described in his flora of Sweden. The first, being an economic species, is chosen as the type species of the genus. Alopecurus pratensis L. (fig. 74), meadow foxtail, is sometimes used as a meadow grass in the eastern United States. It is recommended for mixtures on moist soil, being nutritious and producing early forage. Meadow foxtail is an erect grass, 2 to 3 feet tall...
Pàgina 6 - ... The leaf petiole is round and slender, has a few spines resembling those on the vine, and at its base has two long sharp spines. The leaves appear alternately. The edible roots develop near the crown of the plant much the same as sweet potatoes. They are oval and vary up to 8 inches in length, and 2J inches in diameter. As they are small and not easily injured, these roots can usually be kept longer after being harvested than the large-rooted kinds. They are smooth, dark grayish-brown, and at...
Pàgina 24 - This delicious fruit is about the size of a mandarin orange, round and slightly flattened at each end, with a smooth, thick rind, rich redpurple in color, with here and there a bright, hardened drop of the yellow juice which marks some injury to the rind when it was young. As these mangosteens are sold in the Dutch East Indies, heaped up...
Pàgina 8 - The flowers are in axillary panicles, four to eight together, pink or red, irregular in shape, and with exserted stamens. The roots of the puriri never penetrate deeply into the ground, but lie near the surface, so that the tree is easily blown over in a gale of wind. It is endemic in New Zealand and is restricted to the northern part of the North Island. It is easily cultivated and flowers more or less all the year round.

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