Opuntia Cochinellifera
A native of Mexico, where it is largely cultivated in what are called the Nopal plantations for the breeding of the cochineal insect. This plant and others are also grown for a similar purpose in the...
A native of Mexico, where it is largely
cultivated in what are called the Nopal plantations for the
breeding of the cochineal insect. This plant and others are also
grown for a similar purpose in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Some of these plantations contain fifty thousand plants. Cochineal
forms the finest carmine scarlet dye, and at least there are 2,000
tons of it produced yearly, in value worth $2,000 per ton.
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