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Pear Tree. Zones 3 to 9. Requires more than one tree for pollination. Pear varieties run the gamut in sizes and sweetness levels. ‘Bosc’ pear trees provide a late season harvest, while ...
“It's a specialty pruning and training technique used to grow trees and wood plants in a single plane—like flat against a wall or a fence,” says Eric North, program manager of urban forestry ...
Arbutus unedo is quite an easy plant to cultivate, and is adaptable to many climates. Once established it is fairly drought resistant, frost resistant, shade tolerant and salt tolerant. [17] Lower production of fruit mass has however been reported in case of summer droughts, and frosts in flowering time were seen to decrease the numbers of ...
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The plant is nutritious and high in protein. [4] Desmanthus illinoensis seeds. The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas has done extensive research into the food uses of the seeds of this plant. Studies found the dry seeds composed of 38% protein, compared to 40% for soybeans. [5]
The reddish-brown fruit is a pome, 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, with wide-spreading persistent sepals around a central pit, giving a 'hollow' appearance to the fruit. [7] In cultivated forms the diameter is even between 3 and 8 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 and 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in).
The plants are typically .30–.76 metres (1– 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) high and 0.61–0.91 m (2–3 ft) wide, with yellow flowers. [7] Within C. pepo, the pumpkins, scallops, and possibly crooknecks are ancient and were domesticated separately. The domesticated species have larger fruits and larger yet fewer seeds. [8]
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