Quince: a winter fruit from New Mexico
Quince known as membrillo ripens October through December and ranges from greenish to bright yellow with cream fuzz. It is usually cooked to turn flesh ruby red and is used in jelly marmalade preserves sauces or butter. Grijalva of New Mexico State University notes select firm blemish free fruit and store in a dark cool place.
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Priscilla Grijalva
Cooperative Extension Service
New Mexico State University
Grijalva
Top Of The Charts Week One Debuts And Moves
The chart list shows Dirty Dancing soundtrack at No 6 last week, Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason at No 2, Michael Jackson Bad at No 3, Richard Marx Richard Marx at No 5, George Michael Faith entering, Belinda Carlisle Heaven on Earth sliding to No 5, Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love at No 8, John Cougar Mellencamp The Lonesome Jubilee at No 8, Whitney Houston Whitney at No 9, and Sting Nothing Like The Sun new entry.
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RCA
Pink Floyd
Columbia
Michael Jackson
Epic
Richard Marx
Emi-Manhattan
George Michael
Faith
Belinda Carlisle
MCA
Bruce Springsteen
John Cougar Mellencamp
Mercury
Polygram
Whitney Houston
Whitney
Arista
Sting
A&m
Film chart listings with star names and studios
A 1987 King Features listing shows top film entries with titles and stars. Notables include Lady and the Tramp, Star Trek IV The Voyage Home with William Shatner, An American Tail from MCA, Top Gun with Tom Cruise, Crocodile Dundee with Paul Hogan, and new entries Yellow Submarine and Outrageous Fortune featuring Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The table notes studios Paramount MCA MGM/UA Touchstone and others.
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Walt Disney
William Shatner
Paramount
Jane Fonda
Lorimar
al Pacino
Callanettcs
Callan Pinckney
MCA
the Beatles
MGM/UA
Tom Cruise
Paul Hogan
Shelley
Long
Bette Midler
Touchstone
King Features Lynd
Madonna
Warner Bros
Shelley Long
Mickey Rourke
Top Ten Video Rentals List Sixth Entry Includes New Titles
A reader list shows the top ten video rentals from last week led by Tin Men and Project X. New entries include River's Edge Mannequin Harry and the Hendersons Who's That Girl Outrageous Fortune and Angel Heart with various studios noted.
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John Lithgow
MCA
Who
S That Girl
Old Christmas Trees and the Iron Bridge Tale
The piece notes ancient winter tree decorating in Egypt Rome and England and credits German customs 400 years ago for Christmas trees. It mentions 1747 Bethlehem Pennsylvania settlers decorating trees for children, likely America’s first. It also highlights the Iron Bridge over the Severn River in Shropshire built entirely of iron, rivaling 200 years of age.
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Egypt
Rome
England
Rick
Germany
Bethlehan
Pennsylvania
Severn River
Shropshire
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Thornton
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Liberal
Stamford
Jerry Baker
American Melody
South Street
Oyster Bay
America
Michael Coon
Optometrist
Lordsburg
Hidalgo County Medical Complex
Silver City
Beta Sigma Phi
Commission On Aging
Senior Citizen's Center
Does
Elks Lodge
Knights of
Pythias
Castle Hall
Lions Club
el Charro
Optimist Club
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
Sage and Sands
Civic Center
Alcoholics Anonymous
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