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  1. Royal Horticultural Society

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    548
    NoS ID
    326838
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 to encourage horticulture in all its forms. Today the society has 65,000 members around the world. It also has its own 200 acre experimental...

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  2. Dry Crops

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    142
    NoS ID
    325595
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: The anti-perspirant spray for plants. Plants selectively bred for crops lose a great deal more water through their leaves than their generic parents. Application of a new spray to prevent water...

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  3. Non-Violent Agriculture: Bee Bopper

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    165
    NoS ID
    325698
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: A few unusual approaches to stepping up efficiency in agriculture. Productivity in the fruit orchards depends - ultimately - on the efficiency of the bee in distributing pollen. So why leave...

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  4. Watercress Packer

    Date released
    1980
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    252
    NoS ID
    326026
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: To get watercress to market in a fresh condition is a race - it perishes within hours of being cut. But with the aid of a mower that’s rather like a giant pair of barber’s shears and with a...

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  5. Year Of The Garden

    Date released
    1980
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1107
    NoS ID
    329348
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: In this, The Year of the Garden in Britain, Barbara Ewing visits three gardens which differ greatly in size, shape and location, but are all the products of the passionate enthusiasm for...

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  6. Ingenuity: Ball Barrow

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    170
    NoS ID
    325722
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Solutions to some everyday problems that didn’t need high technology to be resolved, but just a bit of ingenuity. The first wheel barrow that doesn’t have a wheel. It has a ball instead. A...

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  7. The Insect War: Mighty Mite

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    227
    NoS ID
    325952
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Man, in his attempts to dominate the planet, has a rival; it means a continuing, unceasing battle for survival. It’s the insect war. To win it we need a continuous supply of new ideas....

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  8. Flax

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    60
    NoS ID
    351087
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: A delicate little flowering plant that must surely be the major contender for the title of Miss Maximum Efficiency; not content with providing for cricket bats and chipboard, linen and...

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  9. Wild Oats

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    110
    NoS ID
    329532
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: The poisoned handshake. Farmers rogueing wild oats from their fields now use a special glove which squeezes herbicide onto the weed without affecting the rest of the crop.

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  10. Wind Tunnel For Plants

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    32
    NoS ID
    350919
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: From a zephyr soft breeze to a roaring gale - with controlled temperature and humidity - a wind tunnel at Edinburgh University has given botanists a unique tool for the study of crop development.

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