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Arkansas Spinach in Crystal City Prompts Bold Market Talk
A humorous column by Hart Stilwell imagines Popeye spinach selling in Crystal City amid a rattlesnake debate. It cites Steele Canning Co in Springdale starting Popeye spinach, notes South Texas sugar beet yields, and references Eddie Gittinger of San Antonio and Marie Heard’s rattlesnake reports as local color.
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Eddie
South Texas
South Texas Sugar Best ‘Growers Association
Extensia
Weslaco
Crystal City
Newcastle
Marie W. Heard
Uvalde Leader-News
Wrather Hamreen