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Family honours Maroochydore's last pioneering farmer with fig harvest
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Guided by the scribbles in three small notebooks about the orchard, Peter Wise's family continue to harvest fruit from hundreds of trees.
#history #figtrees #peterwise #fruittrees #agriculture #fruitgrowing #horticulture #sunshinecoast #jennifernichols
14h ago
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From abc.net.au
Two million sailors died of scurvy until the discovery of a simple cure
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The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit transformed 19th century naval exploration around the world.
#history #fruitcrops #citrusfruit #nicolaheath #fruitgrowing #horticulture #foodandcooking #citrusaustralia #blueprintforliving
12h ago
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From abc.net.au
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus detected in Victoria for first time
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Authorities work to eradicate the tomato brown rugose fruit virus, which has already had devastating impacts on South Australian growers.
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