The Exotic Avocado Adds Romance to Everyday Life
In a travelogue style piece, Pat Leimbach explores how avocados, once seen as exotic, are promoted by growers and integrated into California life. He profiles AS SNIDER of San Diego, notes farming on mountain slopes, pollination timing, rock-draped orchards, drip irrigation, and ripe-test oil content guiding harvest and storage, ending with a playful claim that the fruit remains a seductive image in modern households.
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California
Snider
San Diego County
Calif
Perennial corn quest blooms from wild Mexico find
A wild Zea diploperennis discovered in Mexico by a UW team holds potential for perennial corn. The plant shares the same chromosome count as domesticated corn, enabling cross breeding unlike teocinte. Researchers caution decades may pass before a market crop emerges, while highlighting disease resistance and conservation needs.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
Sierra de Manantlan
Mexico
Hugh H. Iltis
University of Wisconsin
John Doebley
Batia Pazy
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Rafael Guzman
University of Guadalajara
Albert
Hitchcock
Smithsonian Institution
Sltis
Iltis
West Germany
Spain
Italy
Israel
Columbia
India
Pakistan
Japan
China
Soviet Union
Irkutsk
Siberia
United States
U.S
Lowell R. Nault
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Betty J Hansen seeks Women’s State Trustee post
Betty J Hansen of 8781 Columbia Road Olmsted Falls long active in Farm Bureau seeks the Women’s State Trustee in the Northeast District. She has served as president of the Cuyahoga County Farm Bureau and held vice president membership chairman and women’s metro committee roles. She and husband Harold run a floral greenhouse with bedding and vegetables. Judges of the Cuyahoga Landmark and county Farm Bureau belong to floral associations. Voting at the 61st annual state meeting at Neil House Columbus November 25 to 28. State trustee elections Tuesday morning.
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Betty J. Hansen
Columbia Road
Olmsted Falls
Farm Bureau
Women's State
Cuyahoga County Farm Bureau
Women's Metro Committee
Harold
Cuyahoga Landmark
Cuyahoga County Farm Bureau Inc
Ohio Floral Association
Cleveland Florist Association
Cleveland Flower Growers
Betty
Ohio Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Elmer Baumann
Neil House
Kubota Snowblowers Suit All Snow Cleaning Needs
Kubota snowblowers designed for B and L series tractors clear light to heavy snow without plugging up. Features include heavy augers, large discharge tubes, hydraulic lift near the seat, and a manual chute rotator for quick direction changes. Elyria Industrial Equipment sells these diesel powered implements located at Routes 10 and 20 west of Elyria, phone 322-7064.
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Elyria
Kubota
Elyria Industrial Equipment
Landmark County Farm Bureau meeting guest speaker Ed Johnson
Ed Johnson owner and farm director of ABN Agri Broadcasting Network in Columbus will speak at Landmark Joram County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association Inc 47th annual meeting. The Thursday 7:30 p.m. event at Firelands High School Henrietta will feature financial reports and director elections per manager Frank Hermann.
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Ed Johnson
ABN = Agri-Broadcasting Network
Columbus
Landmark
Joram County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association Inc
Firelands High School
Henrietta
Frank Hermann
Carlisle Grange Dinner and Harvest Sale Planned
Members of the Carlisle Grange will hold an annual tureen dinner and harvest sale on November 20 at the Carlisle Grange Hall Route 20. Dinner starts 6 30 p m with the harvest sale at 6 p m auctioned by R L Rundle. Master Julius Toth invites guests to attend.
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Carlisle Grange
Gerald Eschtruth
R.L. Rundle
Julius Toth
Betty J Hansen 4-H club hosts Halloween party and parade plans
The Elyria Precious Pups held a Halloween costume party at their advisor Gloria Shubert's home. They will join the Elyria Christmas parade on December 9. A booth with Christmas decorations will be at Jamie's Flea Market on November 17 and December 1. The club invites other area 4-H clubs to a county wide Christmas caroling party on December 22 at 6:30 p.m.
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Elyria Precious Pups
Gloria Shubert
Elyria
Jamie’s
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Cleveland State University
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