Word: seeds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While saving money for themselves -sometimes-the gardeners are also enriching a variety of businessmen. Last year the packaged-seed industry recorded sales of $100 million to home gardeners. So far in 1974, Everett Seed Co. of Atlanta is reaping a 112% increase in sales of seeds-primarily tomatoes, bush beans, radishes, lettuce and field peas. W. Atlee Burpee Co. of Philadelphia, one of the largest mail-order seed houses in the world, has increased sales of vegetable seeds at least 20%, and is running short of certain varieties of beans and peas. Makers of garden tools and other equipment...
...Bruins proved helpless before an intact Harvard squad. Their number one seed, David Miller, was out with a sprained wrist, and, missing their only respectable player, the Bruins registered their fourth straight 9-0 league defeat...
Both Bennett, who was seeded fourth in his pool, and Rutledge, who had an eighth-place seed, will be ranked among the top five in their weapons going into today's opening round of the finals. And Marion, who hasn't had an All-American since Geza Tetrallyay finished fifth in epee two years ago, is optimistic about their chances...
Those accomplishments include back-to-back wins at Clarkson and St. Lawrence, a Beanpot win during exams, the Beanpot trophy, a big victory at Cornell, the Ivy League title, the number-two seed in the ECAC tournament after a rough season start and a trip to the NCAAs...
...record, 17-11-1, doesn't look as impressive as last season's 17-4-1 mark, but last year's squad could not boast any of the above except the same ECAC seed. A lot of good the 1973 seed did. The icemen choked in the opener of the tourney against Clarkson and ended the season a lot earlier than this year's team...