Exotic fruits and dessert vines offer small farmers new markets
U S Department of Agriculture studies suggest exotic fruits like kiwi and feijoa and dessert vines such as watermelons and cantaloupes as pathways for small-scale growers. Reports highlight marketing lessons, disease resistant mini-melons, seedless hybrids, and roadside direct marketing while listing sources for free copies.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Office For
Cooperative State Research Service
George B. Holcomb
South America
Howard W. Kerr Jr
Office
Office of Grants and Program Systems
Aerospace Building
USDA
Washington, D.C
Secrets of the rhizosphere unlock crop potential
U S Department of Agriculture plant geneticist Richard W Zobel spoke at the 14th annual ARS symposium at Beltsville about the rhizosphere the soil zone around roots. He said understanding this living soil could yield drought tolerant salt tolerant higher yielding crops with less fertilizer and pesticide use.
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Outer Space
Department of Agriculture
Richard W Zobel
Zobel Sala
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Zobel
Mr. Zobel
ARS' US
Ithaca
Conti
Mystery death of Wurzells Wormwood plant sparks outrage
London AP reports Artemesia wurzellii, a plant found in 1987 by ecological botanist Brian Wurzell, disappeared after being dumped from its London site. Wurzell laments the loss as a unique local discovery with Leicester University tests confirming its novelty. Clive Stace of Leicester University and the Botanical Society of the British Isles mourn the loss.
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London
Wurzell
Brian Wurzell
Artemesia Wurzellii
Io & Park
Leicester University
Park Authority
Wurrell
Clive Stace
The
Botanical Society of the British Isles
Popular plants for gardeners and seed buyers this year
Garden supply veteran David Phillips of Park Seed notes perennials and cut flowers lead sales, with marigolds, zinnias, impatiens and herbs in demand. New items from Petoseed, Van Bourgondien, Burpee and Stokes Seeds offer hybrid tomatoes, seedless watermelons, specialty beans and peppers, and decorative favorites. A fall-fruiting ruby raspberry from Cornell Geneva boosts fruit crops, with growing care tips from Johs Sanford.
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Park Seed Co
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Clairmore
van Bourgondien Bros
Box A
Babylon
N.Y
Warminster
United States
France
Asia
Europe
Italy
Caribbean
Alsace-Lorraine
Istvan Turi
Cornell University
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
Ruby
Heritage
Titan
Johs Sanford
Sanford
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Frederick
the Weeder’s Guide
By Earl Aronson
AP News
Earl Aronson
Rockefeller Plaza
New York
Abby
Che Frederick
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Spectracide
Wasp & Hornet
Instree
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Maitine
Brunswick
Souder Rd
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Green St
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