WONDERFUL IF TRUE.
If what a San Francisco paper says is true, a really great discovery has been made, which may convert the Far Western deserts, where nought but the cactus now grows, into the chief winegrowing districts of the American continent. A man inserted cuttings from some vines into the trunks of the cactus plants, and the result was that the vine grew forth as luxuriantly as on the most fruitful land, and this without cultivation or watering. Not only did he succeed in raising fine grapes, but he also found that melons, tomatoes, and cucumbers could be grown on the cactus. That hitherto much-abused plant may now prove one of the greatest blessings of man, and the arid and sandy desert may yet become more productive than the rich well-watered prairie.
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Patea Mail, 23 March 1882, Page 3
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133WONDERFUL IF TRUE. Patea Mail, 23 March 1882, Page 3
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