A remarkable example of the tenacity of life of prickly pear is to be seen in the museum of the Department of Agriculture. Over four years ago some specimens of pear bulbs were placed in a glass case. All but one died in the confined dry air. This one, a bulb four inches long and six inches in circumference, pushed out a new shoot last year, and it is now green and about 4in long. When the plant will not only live, but grow under such conditions is it ally wonder that it is difficult to kill in the field or to dry, without poisoning, sufficiently to burn? Neither is it any wonder the drought has no effect on the pear, its growth, greenness, or succulency.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3594, 30 January 1923, Page 50
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