Rose versus Blue Bonnet in Bicentennial Flower Election
A colorful note from New York and Texas coverage on the Bicentennial Flower Election where Rep. Ray Roberts votes for the rose, despite the blue bonnet being Texas state flower, with July voting at FTD shops nationwide and the contest headed to Congress. Also included are historical notes on American food heritage and colonial-era diets from Texas A&M experts.
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Upshur County Peach Output Among Texas Leaders
AUSTIN Upshur County ranked among the top ten Texas counties in peach production for 1975 with 7 600 bushels from 22 000 bearing trees. statewide crop fell 11 percent from 1974 as a March freeze reduced yields mainly in non southern parts of Texas.
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Straight as a cucumber phrase gains cultural flavor
The piece traces cucumbers from their northwest Indian origins to modern cultivation methods. It notes early varieties were crooked until English growers used glass cylinders to force straightness, and mentions recent varieties needing little artificial help. Advice covers selecting cucumbers by color firmness and avoiding overgrown, dull specimens.
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