Word: chlorohydrin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After trying 224 chemicals, Dr. Frank Earl Denny discovered that potatoes treated with ethylene chlorohydrin vapor flung up 2-ft. vines and began to bear before untreated potatoes showed above ground. Now Southern potato growers using this medication on hardy plants from the North can collect two crops a year...
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