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Banana farming in tropics and a cheeky school tale
The piece discusses banana cultivation near New York rivals Jamaica and Honduras noting high yields and profits with United Fruit Company cited. It details plant biology, labor costs, and long productive lives of banana plots, then shifts to a humorous school report moment where Martha wins a dollar after mishearing a temperature as a hundred.
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Panam
New York
Central America
Tropics
United Fruit Company
Jamaica
Acre
Honduras
Papa
Martha