Word: vines
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...member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Somerset Club, the Country Club of Brookline and the Vine Book Hunt Club. He was also a fellow of the American Numismatic Society and an honorary trustee of the New England Historic Genealogical Society...
...California as well as in Washington and Oregon, where phylloxeras have also been spotted, the lice feed on roots as deep as 6 ft. beneath the soil, leaving them susceptible to soil fungus and other infections. Roots under attack become swollen and deformed; eventually the vine and its grapes shrivel and die. Says Ed Weber, a Napa County viticultural adviser: "It looks like someone took a blowtorch to them...
...south as Santa Barbara. For farmers the safest solution is to rip out their AXR 1 and replant with one of a dozen or so other rootstalks that appear to be more resistant to the mutations, at least so far. After replanting, it takes three years for a vine to produce mature, harvestable grapes...
...afternoon I'm all sweated out and parched, but still we see no sign of water -- or of the Pygmies straggling behind us. At one point Fay sees a thick vine and says, "Aha!" He hacks off a section at just the right spot, and pure water spurts into his mouth. I grab his machete and hack away but manage to taste only a few drops...
Collaboration has already begun on a pro gram called Vine, designed to provide basicfacts about the University--for instance, coursedescriptions and academic requirements--as well asdaily announcements form all the schools of theUniversity...