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From its top-selling Holiday House Bouquet™ to the new Joyous Bouquet™, Edible Arrangements® is offering an expanded line of fresh fruit gifts for the holiday season. Wallingford, Conn. (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 From its top-selling Holiday House Bouquet™ to the new Joyous Bouquet™, Edible Arrangements® is offering an expanded line of fresh fruit gifts for the holiday season. “The holidays are a special time of year to gather and celebrate with family and...
Holiday meals can be as colorful as the tree and the trimmings with recipes made with nutritious summer-fresh fruits from Chile. Tasty and festive side dishes featuring fresh Chilean fruits add color, flavor and cheer to all seasonal celebrations. Sonoma, CA (PRWEB) December 04, 2012 Holiday meals can be as colorful as the tree and the trimmings with recipes made with nutritious summer-fresh fruits from Chile. Tasty and festive side dishes featuring fresh Chilean fruits add color, flavor...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that, while there is a rise in the number of prescription drugs that result in negative effects due to interactions with grapefruit, few physicians are aware of these consequences. The article was completed by a group of researchers who discovered the interactions among grapefruit and prescription drugs over 20 years ago. By summarizing the evidence available,...
WARMINSTER, Pa., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For summer 2013, W. Atlee Burpee, the country's leading home gardening company, offers a remarkable lineup of breakthrough vegetables, flowers, and fruits. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121115/PH11173 ) The trailblazing new varieties will be featured in Burpee's 2013 catalog and on the company's website, burpee.com. Founded in 1876, Burpee has introduced numerous breakthrough varieties in its 136 years, including the...
WARWICK, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The cool weather means colors are reaching their peak along with apple-picking in the NY Metro area with many favorite varieties fully ripened for picking. Even though the NY Apple Association anticipates New York's apple production to be lighter than normal, there are plenty of apples for picking throughout the Hudson Valley. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121018/NY96057 ) "These next few weeks are peak for fall colors and...
WATSONVILLE, Calif., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmers live by the words, "You reap what you sow." If you are a California strawberry farmer, those words are never more true than during the holiday season, when growers take time to cultivate their strong ties to the community. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
Research from North Carolina State University on flower production and disease resistance in watermelon varieties should help bolster seedless watermelon harvests for farmers. Seedless watermelons are more popular than seeded watermelons, making them a more profitable crop for farmers. But the flowers of seedless watermelon plants must be fertilized with pollen from the male flowers of seeded watermelon plants, because seedless plants do not produce genetically viable pollen. This is a...
COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials (NYSE Euronext) announced today that its cardiovascular health ingredient, Fruitflow®, is featured in the new Langers Tomato Juice Plus and L&A Tomato Juice from Langer Juice Company, Inc. Langer Juice Company's juices are the first beverage products available to U.S. consumers featuring Fruitflow®, a new natural ingredient that has been...
Visitors to the recently redesigned website may also sign up for a free eBook that explains how to grow apples. Douglass, TX (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 Legg Creek Farm, a nursery that provides high quality fruit trees, nut trees, and other types of food-bearing plants to home gardeners and orchard growers across the United States, has just launched a completely re-designed website. The new, more user-friendly site now makes it even easier for customers to learn more about the fruit tree...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Trade Administration of the U.S. Commerce Department today announced a preliminary decision to scrap the 1996 suspension agreement on fresh tomatoes from Mexico. Representatives of five principal Mexican tomato industry organizations are scheduled to meet with Commerce officials Friday morning, and issued this statement: We were stunned by today's preliminary decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to terminate the...
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Davidsonia is a scientific journal published by the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden. It specializes in the botanical natural history of the pacific northwest and horticultural and plant conservation issues. The print edition of Davidsonia existed from 1970 to 1981. It was revived in 2002 as an online journal. The journal provides full open-access to content on its website www.davidsonia.org . The journal is named after British Columbia botanical pioneer John Davidson. It...
The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae. The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 meters tall and the large flower head can reach up to 30cm in diameter. The sunflower is notable for turning to face the Sun, a behavior known as heliotropism. History Sunflowers are native to the Americas, and were domesticated around 1000 B.C. Francisco Pizarro found the Inca subjects venerating the sunflower as an image of their sun god, and gold images of the...
