Amaranthus caudatus L. (Amaranthaceae), commonly known as kiwicha, is considered as one of the few multi- purpose pseudocereal crops which supply higher nutritional seeds in huge quantities. A. caudatus is rich source of proteins, β-carotene, vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber.
La planta de nopal tiene su origen en México, pero tiene una distribución muy amplia ya que se encuentra de manera natural en toda América y presente en los demás continentes. Tiene muchos usos, destacando el alimenticio y el medicinal. Su mayor importancia es ser fuente de alimento a bajo costo.
Italy is the third largest producer of Opuntia fruits in the world after Mexico and the United States, and 97.72% of these fruits produced by Italy are grown in Sicily. The use of prickly pear fruits or juice leads to a high production of by-products. In this study, ensiling was chosen to preserve prickly pear peels (PPPs) and “pastazzo” (PPS) mixed with 12% wheat bran.
SINCE Death Valley, as shown by the published records of the Weather Bureau,2 is the hottest and dryest area known in the United States, and probably in the world, and since the observa- tions of the Death Valley Expedition showed that these extreme climatic conditions are reflected in its vegetable life, a description of this flora has an interest even greater than that incited by the average desert vegetation.
NOTES ON CACTI OUT OF DOORS
North Latitude 38°—23’—20”
West Longitude 122°
By F. B. Noyes
In this particular spot of our U. S. A., which lies on a shelf sloping south toward the Vaca Valley in Solano County, California, cacti have been grown out of doors for six years with considerable success. Several drought resistant trees and shrubs were also doing well until the wet winter of 1939-'40.
Then two of the best, Atriplex hymenelytra and Fremontia mexicana, succumbed to the excess moisture.