THE ORGAN CACTUS
Since Luther Burbank, the plant wizard of Santa Rosa, California, has developed a thornless cactus that can be eaten as food, every man in Southern Ca i; forma who owns desert land is beginning to stud)' the possibilities of this once much despised plant. Already one species, known as the organ cactus, has been utilised in Mexico, and in certain parts of Southern California. It makes a picturesque and very effective hedge, and grows so tall it affords a shade during a greater part of the day. In the San Gabriel Valley, not far from Los Angeles, there are a few hedges composed of the organ cactus, but they are not as successful as they are in the more arid regions of Mexico. Those in Mexico often attain a height of eighteen and twenty feet, and at a long distance a hedge looks Mke a stcskadc for repelling the attacks of Indians.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8241, 9 September 1905, Page 6
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