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Country & Garden: In Flanders fields the poppies grew ... Wild flowers...
Newspaper article from: The Independent (London, England) ...plants, such as the corn cockle, corn marigold, cornflower...these weeds adulterated crops and reduced yield. John...cornfields with their destroying beauty". The truth...prettiest, the corn cockle, will remain viable...the following: corn ...
Kingsley Amis' Country for Old Men
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...Wales? At last they've found a way of destroying our country, not by poverty but by prosperity...the rubble I deplore, it's the vile crop that has sprung from it . . . " The speaker...ago it had been hake and chips, bottled cockles, por
Tanker sinks after frantic salvage effort
Newspaper article from: The Irish Times ...efforts have been taking place to harvest crops of mussels and oysters before the oil...expensive delicacy in Spain, as well as cockles, mussels, crab and prawns. The accident...before it eventually sinks to the seabed destroying all fish and fauna in the area. Mr Enrique...

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