Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-16
AAlzoNA CACTUS FARM.
Novel and Lucrative Industry Carried On
by German Scientist.

/ mile south of Phoenix. close t. the.
+ d>i1i,f dry channel of Salt River. = one
/ "l tht oldest farms in America II Is
i planted To nothing but cactus. OF every
. iefm found within Arizona. Each kiIU
IS cultivated under the same cnmlt. uns
tl|t prevail Hpon it~ native heath. a. ii,
great ah extent a. j. possible aud most
40 taem thrive Well under the hot ~ke,
Oh southern Arizona. cared for l.v ca
p,rj~
he main owner OF the farm is Dr. il,
L. knn1, a college bred German scien-
H>t WAC has taken mp the study of cac'i
aud Their con- ms as bis lift work. 4
hN>iclau, Ice has particularly studied
. ihr plants for the possibility OF securing
products valuable ia medicine. AMI the
unitarian side has appealed Ia hila ig
"thrF ways and h. Knows the plant,
Mhtfefrom come good fruit. hose thal
Bear good water for the thirsty dvSrri
Traveller and those useful 10 the archit,,-
! jUrr of The aboriginal houSphuilder Ari.
zniA las become the source Of supply for
cactus for most OF the botanical gall,us
Of the world, sud this demand for plants
has Increased tiil y lucrative industry
mas ARISEN from what would >atM ta le
mpltiatrd one If the most tUlanmi, iu.
floral fields of the wprd
Inc most prominent Cf the cac,i of
tue garden Is the ~1guaro. ii is aur az
the landmarks Of tile de >rrt it> iarg
white flowers cover the end &c every
branch ia April and MAY. followed lbs Il
grccnish yellow fruit. which, when IL
bursts. di>closrS a scarlet pulp filled with
black seedS. This j. very nutritious.
Another species Of far greater use. a.
not attraction, is tercu> thurbe,i DR. III
taSa of the natives, which was naned
after the late Nr. George Thnrher eli.
tor of the American Agriculufi~i or New
York. Its northern limit is 1l1 miles
from Phoenix Ia sontlwesteriy direc-
ton, and extends into Sonora southWard
The flower Is white. nocturnal aud small.
or dian that of the saguaro.
The trDu, Of this species is or deiiciouS
taste. aud for months is The support of
tribes of Indians who then feast upun
IT, The pulp is also dried for future
use. anu n syrup. IL we'll rs an uHaNirat-
ing liquor, Is luade from the fresh fruit
The Aaduis, Iapagues aud PjmaS largely
NuhN'>t on the fruit Of this cactus. The
slrm~ ut this cactus grow from >iN To.
iwcuty feel high
Perhaps the qucere> cactus of aii
A'ucrica is terCuS greg&G ,f ArixoMl.
known to NcN|cn~ as lara matr;ira.
mike amy other CnciHS. il LAS 4 vriy
large tuber in pltcc Of lihfmi> roots. ana
IT resembles a great sugar beet below the
surface. weighing from two 10 fourteen
pounds Tie ~iumS are not more than
two TO tonr fcri high as thjck us i
finger and covered with very short
>pue> The tu,,r is medicinal used cN-
truaiN in Mckee, /, is the Arizona
night -M"nuting cfrcu~, fragrant, the how
rr white and large rs "A saucer
Engplmanu' hedgehog trrcu> known ne
EchiuoccrcnS cuEelmauni, grows la
ciumpS OF from two Is twenty joints
having very large hrownsh white spinp>
trout onv ~ tn" amt half feef IN height.
1t. brilliant ro>r-co,orcd nowcrs. yery
fragrant, appear iii April, ana by lhr M,.
Ter part of May are followed hy 81 crim-
SON edible berry of the size and flavor
( 81 large strawberry
"Opintin" j. the prickly pear family.
of which we have many species If va
rious colurs The Hat iontrd hear ia
some eases fine fruit, while the round
hranchc,l. often twisted like rope. have.
a woody fruit unfit for food These nrr
met with on the desert. tnhlriand aud
mountniu~. but most of these are seen
/ together cultivated on the cactus farm
/ near phoeniX Los Angeles Times.