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| Keywords: The field and garden vegetables of America (Page 615) (6002099787).jpg OKRA OR GUMBO <br> 615 <br> The ripe seeds roasted and ground furnish a palatable <br> substitute for coffee <br> Varieties ” <br> Buist's Dwarf Okra Count Gent <br> A variety recently introduced by Mr Robert Buist of <br> Philadelphia Height two feet ; being about half that of the <br> old variety Its superiority consists in its greater productive- <br> ness and the little space required for its development ; while <br> the fruit is of larger size and superior quality It is said to <br> produce pods at every joint <br> Dwarf Okra <br> Stem two feet and a half high sometimes branched at the <br> top but generally undivided ; leaves large and as in all <br> varieties five-lobed ; flowers yellow purple at the centre ; <br> pods erect obtusely pointed <br> nearly as large in diameter <br> as those of the Giant but <br> generally about five inches in <br> length <br> It is the earliest of the <br> Okras and the best variety <br> for cultivation in the Nor- <br> thern and Eastern States <br> Between this and the Tall/ <br> or Giant there are numerous <br> sub-varieties ; the result both <br> of cultivation and climate <br> The Tall sorts become dwarf- <br> ish and earlier if long cultivated at the North and the <br> Dwarfs on the contrary increase in height and grow later <br> if long grown in tropical climates <br> Dwarf Okra 29062953 92326 42073 Page 615 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062953 1863 10 5962/bhl title 42073 Burr Fearing Biodiversity Heritage Library The field and garden vegetables of America United States Varieties Vegetable gardening Vegetables Library Congress bhl page 29062953 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062953 united states Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-08-02 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6002099787 2015-09-10 20 58 28 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The field and garden vegetables of America Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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