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perennial herb with large tender leaves, 
sometimes used as greens, but the root 
is more or less poisonous, is purgative, 
emetic and somewhat narcotic—the 
leaves should be used when they are 
young and tender; Sorrels, of which 
there are several variettes having a sour, 
acid, pleasant taste, used as pot herbs, 
and in the making of pies; Spinach; Tur- 
nip; Purslane, familiarly known as 
“nusley,” a prostrate fleshy annual of the 
gardens and waste places of both the Old 
and the New World, with thick and red- 
dish-green leaves and stems. 
Greer, Ratpu C. See History of Or- 
charding in Old Oregon under Apple. 
Geese in the Orchards 
It has been discovered that geese in an 
orchard are useful because they devour 
the waste fruits, generally full of worms 
and hatcheries for another generation of 
pests. This seems to have been first dis- 
covered in Canada, where the wild geese 
from the lakes and rivers entering the 
orchards cleaned up the waste fruits, 
and it was found that in these orchards 
there were fewer pests than in the or- 
chards of adjacent communities where 
the geese did not enter. Later the ex- 
periment of growing tame geese in the 
orchards of Ohio and certain other sec- 
tions was successful not only on account 
of the work they did in the orchards, but 
om account of the profit yielded in the 
sale of feathers and meat. Geese are 
easily grown and the young are not 
nearly so tender and likely to die as 
chickens. Besides, they yield good profits 
and do less damage to trees than swine, 
which are often used in the orchards for 
the same purpose. However, in the irri- 
gated sections they would, during the 
season in which irrigation is practiced, 
greatly interfere with the ditches, and 
would from this viewpoint be objection- 
able. In cases where they could be cared 
for during the season of irrigation, or 
where irrigation is not practiced, it seems 
to the writer that they could be made 
useful and profitable. 
GRANVILLE LowTHER 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
Grapefruit or Pomelo 
The fruit of a tropical tree Citrus de- 
cumana nearly allied to the orange. The 
fruit, which resembles the orange in 
shape, is externally pale yellow and 
varies in size from the smaller grape- 
fruit or pomelo of the size of a very 
large orange to that of the pompelmoes, 
which may be eight inches in diameter. 
The tree is supposed to be a native of 
Malay and the Polynesian islands, but is 
generally cultivated throughout’ the 
tropics. The leaves are like those of the 
orange, but downy on the under surface, 
as are also the young shoots. The flowers 
are large and white and are succeeded 
by very large globose-like fruits, pale in 
color, but with more pungent flavor than 
the orange. 
The fruit is sometimes known as shad- 
dock, after Captain Shaddock, who intro- 
duced it into the West Indies, also “for- 
bidden fruit.’ 
It is recommended by the American 
Pomological Society as adapted to the 
following districts. (See page 192.) 
For CULTURE OF THE PoMELO, see Or- 
ange. 
District No. 6 
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED — Dessert and 
Market: Aurantium; Blood; Hart; Josse- 
lyn; Mammoth; Pernambuco; Triumph; 
Walters. 
RecoMMENDED—Dessert and Market: 
Royal. 
RECOMMENDED FOR TRIAL—Dessert and 
Market: Marsh Seedless. 
District No. 17 
RECOMMENDED—Dessert and Market: 
Marsh Seedless; Pernambuco; Triumph. 
District No. 18 
HiGHLY RECOMMENDED ~— Dessert 
Market: Marsh Seedless; Triumph. 
RECOMMENDED——Dessert and Market: 
Champion; Hart. 
and 
Guam 
The island of Guam belongs to the 
Ladrone group, east of the Philippines 
and west of Hawaii. It is the largest in 
the group and the only one with any 
