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Article: FRUITFUL PRODUCTION IN DRY WINTER.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- December 23, 2000
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Byline: Joshua Siskin
With the recent precipitous rise in fuel prices and the forecast of a dry winter - which could lead to increased water prices - the cost of food could suddenly increase as well. Perhaps this explains a flurry of letters and e-mails just received by this writer, all having to do with homegrown fruit.
Mildred Bradley wrote from Sylmar about her persimmon tree. ``I have had a Japanese persimmon tree for over five years,'' she explained, ``and every year I've had fruit, but when it gets a nice size they dry up and fall off. What am I doing wrong?'' The reason your persimmons fall from the tree before they ripen is the result of ...