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The Seasons
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bulb
bulb thickened, fleshy plant bud, usually formed under the surface of the soil, which carries the plant over from one blooming season to another. It may have many fleshy layers (as in the onion and hyacinth) or thin dry scales (as in some lilies)—both of which are highly modified leaves. Many... Read more |
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dry season
dry season A period each year during which there is little precipitation. In tropical climates (e.g. over much of India) the dry period is often in the winter season. In places in very low latitudes, two dry seasons may occur each year, between the northward and southward passage of the equatorial... Read more |
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The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons Pop group For the Record… Selected discography Sources With their distinctive style of music—perhaps best described as power doo-wop—The Four Seasons have enjoyed a lo... Read more |
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Seasonal Unemployment
SEASONAL UNEMPLOYMENT Individuals in the labor force searching for work may be subject to seasonal unemployment. Seasonal unemployment results from variations in employment patterns because of seasonal change. This is a common occurrence in the agricultural industry, where harvesting season... Read more |
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Oatmeal
Oatmeal Oatmeal is made from the ground or rolled seeds of oat grass (Avena sativa).It is cooked as cereal or used as an ingredient in baking. Background Wild oats were eaten as early as the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The Romans cultivated it. The Teutons and the Gauls... Read more |
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Fresh America Corp
Fresh America Corporation One Lincoln Centre5400 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1025Dallas, Texas 75240U.S.A.(972) 774-0575Fax: (972) 774-0515Web site: email: investor.relations@fresham.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1989Employees: 476Sales: $239.2 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICS: 5431 Fruit... Read more |
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growing season
growing season period during which plant growth takes place. In temperate climates the growing season is limited by seasonal changes in temperature and is defined as the period between the last killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of autumn, at which time annual plants die and... Read more |
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monsoon forest
monsoon forest A tropical forest with a marked seasonal rhythm induced by alternating wet and dry seasons typical of the true monsoon lands. Most of the trees lose their leaves in the dry season, but, since many of them also flower at this time, the ‘wintry’ aspect is far less marked... Read more |
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Georgia's Vidalia Onion Season Opens
...state. The Vidalia season officially starts Monday...the world's sweetest onion because of the mild...It's the caviar of onions," said grower Delbert...protective of its famous onion. A Vidalia has to be...has picked Vidalia onions as its "Pick of the Season" for the year's second ... |
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Sweet-onion season extended, but still too short
...s the beginning of sweet-onion season.Living in the South used...Vidalias were the only sweet onions available. You could find...All year long, I'd gather onion recipes, just waiting for...For about two months, sweet onions would appear in nearly everything... |
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Growers set date for Vidalia onion season
...for the Vidalia onion season, a move aimed at maintaining...the world's sweetest onion." Tommy Irvin, Georgia...official 2005 Vidalia onion marketing season will...good, sweet mature onions. It's extremely important...acres, but with fewer onions this year, prices ... |
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SweetStuff: Sweet onion season keeps getting longer
...those who think an onion is an onion, specialty sweets are bred to be everything the regular onion isn't: high in sugar...Only 10 years ago, sweet onions were a "spring-into-summer...the OSO (Oh, so) Sweet onion was born where the seasons are reversed from ours - in...to the United ... |
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DESPERATIONDINNERS: ; Varieties stretch sweet onion season; They don't store...
...s the beginning of sweet onion season. Living in the South used...Vidalias were the only sweet onions available. You could find...All year long I'd gather onion recipes, just waiting for...For about two months, sweet onions would appear in nearly everything... |
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Vidalia Onion Season Starts Late
...Workers sort Vidalia onions Wednesday April 27...Ga. The Vidalia onion season, delayed for a couple...Morton)The Vidalia onion season, delayed...but with fewer onions this year, prices...still waiting for onions to mature, but shipping...levels, a source of onion ... |
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Sweet Onion Season
...Medinah Shriners are sponsoring a Vidalia onion sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday...benefit the organization's charities. The onions, packed in 10-pound bags for $10...restaurant, developed recipes using the onion. Consumers can ask for the recipes when they purchase their onions. For ... |
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ONION SEASON
Mike Will of Lisa's Green House in the Town of Aurora sits down on the job while planting onions from his perch on a "water wheel transplanter" in a field off Transit Road Friday. With Ray Heck, owner of the greenhouse, driving the tractor, they were able to transplant 1,200 onion plants an hour. |
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Onion outings season families: Some American Indian tribes view picking time...
...TAHLEQUAH -- Picking wild onions is a respectable pastime...perennial favorite, the wild onion is a favored delicacy with a season of about six weeks...locals say. Gathering the onions marks the start of spring...Creeks) call wild onions "tahvmpe" and the Cherokee...is a multigenerational ... |
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There are onions available for all seasons
...onions are available now; their season is March through August. Their...and charbroiling. -White onions are the traditional onions used in Mexican cuisine. They...s the sulfuric compounds in onions that bring tears to the cook...down on the crying, chill the onion and cut into the ... |