Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date …
1977: Lowell Primrose’s back yard in Bovina “could be an area of interest to vegetable garden do-it-yourselfers,” the Bovina Blade reported.
Primrose had grown a 2-pound tomato from a vine 15 feet across and 6 feet long.
“The plant is a ‘Big Boy’ variety,” the newspaper reported. “Primrose estimates he will harvest two to three bushels of tomatoes from this one vine.”
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