"DESERT BLOOM"

PRICKLY PEAR IN BLOOM
THE PLATYOPUNTIA IS OF GREAT VALUE ECONOMICALLY.  IT IS USED AS A FORAGE AND ALSO CULTIVATED FOR ITS EDIBLE FRUIT, COMMONLY CALLED CACTUS PEAR, WHICH SI SERED IN MANY WAYS.
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PAINTED CLIFFS "APACHE TRAIL", ARIZONA
THE GREATEST SCENIC HIGHWAY IN AMERICA,, 120 MILES LONG BETWEEN PHOENIX AND GLOBE.  IT PASSES THROUGH THE HEART OF "APACHE LAND."  A STRANGELY PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND SHEAR PRECIPICES, AGLOW WITH BRIGHT MINERAL COLORS AND TEEMING WITH ROMANCE AND HISTORIC INTEREST.
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PALO VERDE IN BLOOM
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Desert View
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OCOTILLO AND SAHUARO CACTUS
OCAOTILLO, SOMETIMES CALLED CANDLEWOOD, COACH WHIP OR JACOB'S STAFF, HAS LONG SPRINGY PROFUSELY BARBED STEMS BEARING SHOWY CLUSTERS OF FLAME RED BLOSSOMS.  THE GIANT CACTUS, SAGUARO OR SAHUARO, REACHES 40 TO50 FEET IN HEIGHT.  ITS BLOSSOMS ARE WAXEN WHITE, WHILE THE FRUIT WHICH FOLLOWS IS BRIGHT RED, SOMEWHAT LIKE A POMEGRANATE THOUGH PEAR SHAPED.
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