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California vegetable industry: Vegetable acreage accounts for one twelfth of state's total crop acreage and one fourth of farm income from all crops
Author
Ralph I. CraneAuthor Affiliations
Ralph I. Crane is Junior Specialist in Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 10(5):2-2. DOI:10.3733/ca.v010n05p2. May 1956.
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Crane R. 1956. California vegetable industry: Vegetable acreage accounts for one twelfth of state's total crop acreage and one fourth of farm income from all crops. Hilgardia 10(5):2-2. DOI:10.3733/ca.v010n05p2
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