Editing Maclura pomifera (section)

==Cultivation==
''Maclura pomifera'' prefers a deep and fertile soil, but is hardy over most of the contiguous United States, where it is used as a [[hedge]]. It must be regularly pruned to keep it in bounds, and the shoots of a single year will grow {{convert|3|to(-)|6|ft|m|0|order=flip|spell=in}} long, making it suitable for [[coppicing]].<ref name=Keeler/><ref name=Toensmeier>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsh2CwAAQBAJ|title=The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security|last=Toensmeier|first=Eric|publisher=Chelsea Green Publishing|year=2016|page=230|isbn=978-1-60358-571-2}}</ref> A neglected hedge will become fruit-bearing. It is remarkably free from insect predators and fungal diseases.<ref name=Keeler/> A thornless male cultivar of the species exists and is vegetatively reproduced for ornamental use.<ref name=USDA/> ''M. pomifera'' is cultivated in [[Italy]], the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], [[Romania]], former [[Soviet Union|USSR]], and [[India]].<ref name=Elsevier_dict>{{cite book |last1=Grandtner |first1=Miroslav M. |title=Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees, Volume 1: North America |date=2005 |publisher=Elsevier |location=Amsterdam |isbn=0080460186 |page=500 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC&pg=PA500 |access-date=January 30, 2016 |chapter=Maclura pomifera}}</ref>