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Article: The Dallas Morning News Mariana Greene column: A tulip suited for Texas?(Column)
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
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- August 31, 2007
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Byline: Mariana Greene
Aug. 31--Will the red tulip released for sale Saturday by the Southern Bulb Co. in Golden, Texas, ignite a modern-day Texas Tulipomania? I've long heard rumors of a tulip that naturalizes in Texas, and Tulipa praecox, also called the fire tulip through at least four centuries of cultivation, is it.
Chris Wiesinger, founder and proprietor of the heirloom bulb farm in East Texas, off old State Highway 80 near Mineola, has been increasing his stock of the red tulip for several years. From bulb divisions tucked into the red sandy soil that historically has been cultivated with sweet potatoes, the young bulb farmer finally has enough ...