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Raspberries: Center, commercial raspberry field in New York; top left, Rubus strigosus, the Wild Red Raspberry; top right, Rubus occidentalis, the Wild Black Raspberry; lower left, Rubus occidentalis improved; lower center, Rubus neglectus, hybrid of the Red and Black

Identifier: cyclopediaofamer05bail (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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ather plant and may be grown in al-most any part of the United States by sowing it at theproper time. As a cover-crop in the orchard in the Eastit may be sown as late as September 15 with good re-sults. It is an excellent pioneer plant in the work ofrenewing humus in worn-out lands. In the MiddleWest, where shade is needed. Rape is used as a nurseplant for clover wlien the latter is sown in orchards inmidsummer. Turnips may be used for the same purpose. John Craig. RAPHANUS (classical name, from the Greek). Cru-clferir. Radish. Charlock. Annualor biennial branch-ing herbs, of about 6 species in Europe and temperateAsia, of which one, Jf. safivux, is the Rtidish (whichsee). They bear small but rather showj slcndcr-pedi-eelled flowers in rose-lilac or white, or in some speciesyellow, iu open termiiuil racemes. Leaves v;irious andvariable, the radical and sometimes the cauliiie lyrate-pinnatifid. Stamens 6, free. Sepals erect, the lateralones somewhat saccate or pouch-like at base. Pod a
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KAPHANUS RASPBERRY 1501 long cylindrical fleshy or soft-corky silique, with spongytissue between the globose seeds, indehisceut. Thegenus is divided into two natural groups, one (Kaplian-istrum) with the pod longitudinally grooved and con-stricted between the seeds, the other (Kaphanus proper)with the pod not grooved nor prominently constricted.To the former group belongs R. Raphanistrum, Linn.,the Jointed or White Charlock (sometimes, but erro-neously, known as Rape). It is an Old World annualweed, now naturalized in fields and waste places in theeasternmost states. It is an erect, sparsely hairy herb,with slender tap-root and radisli-liko Ivs., growing2-3>2 ft. high: fls. rather showy, yellowish, turningwhite or purplish: silique 1-3 in. long, few-seeded, witha long beak. It is from this species that Carrifere pro-duced Radishes by means of plant-breeding (see Radish).To the second section belongs R. sativus, Linn., theRadish, generally considered to be native to Europe andAsia,

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