Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 3, 1972
Caption:
Tobacco Patch Mrs. Clay Donhoney of 2729 Elmwood looks over the odd plant in her backyear- Burley tobacco. She got the six stalks from her brother's tobacco farm in Columbia, Ky. She says she will process the five surviving plants just for "the fun of it," but she will not try to sell the tobacco.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 4, 1966
Caption:
Giant Tomato Stalk: This tomato plant must have read an overdose of fairy tales and thought it was Jack's beanstalk. Bob Boedwadt of 901 Fifth St. insists he just put some sod on the bed after edging the lawn. The plant is so far 10 feet high. Its owner mentioned no inclination to climb the vine; "we're waiting to see what the tomatoes will be like," he said.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 23, 1965
Caption:
This Is A Tomato? Yes, it is a tomato, but apparently a new type to this area and Timothy Bush, 5, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bush, 2831 Beacon Hill, is one of its many admirers. Mrs. Bush says they were developed by G. C. Hanna, an olericulturist (a horticulturist who deals with vegetables) at the University of California at Davis. She adds, "They look like salami, don't squish, are wonderful on sandwiches, for eating out of hand, in salads; can be sliced lengthwise or in the customary manner. Really they are fabulous. The developer felt that no one would like them, but my friends and relatives are delighted with them, especially bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwich lovers."

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 18, 1964
Caption:
Clamp Your Eyes On This: Douglas Allen, 7, and eight-year-old brother Arthur (right) look over a carrot that grew through an old buried hose clamp in the family garden at 2524 Whitmore Lake Rd., Ann Arbor Township. The boys discovered the pinched vegetable while rooting out the garden's 1964 remnants last week. The carrot grew to a larger diameter than the clamp on either side of it. The oddity will apparently still wind up in the stew.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 5, 1964
Caption:
Success At Last: Carlene Gardner of 2829 Carlton who will celebrate her eight birthday tomorrow is shown here with a cotton plant she has raised to maturity after unsuccessful tries during the two previous summers. A student at Carpenter school, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Gardner. Her father is a teacher at Tappan Junior High School. By covering the plant at night it had now been brought to the stage where it is beginning to produce cotton. But Jack Frost may soon get in his killing work.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 8, 1963
Caption:
October's Delights: Dr. Gerald V. Barrow, Ann Arbor dentist, took yesterday afternoon off to enjoy the warmth- in fact, heat- of the midsummer-like October sun. In the process, he tended his 10-foot-high tomato plants that continue to grow with abandon.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 31, 1962
Caption:
A 'Wild' One: This unidentified but obviously "wild" plant has pushed its way through the concrete floor in the basement of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at 707 Oxford Rd. The caretaker at the fraternity house, Albert Wall, takes the plant's latest measurement, which amounted to nearly 20 inches.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 16, 1952
Caption:
These Are Culprits: Ragweed particularly, but almost every type of grass or weed will give off pollen that in sensitive persons causes a form of nasal misery and sneezing spells commonly known as hay fever. Doctors advise hay fever victims to stay as far away as possible from areas, such as the week infested vacant lot illustrated, that will produce the familiar symptoms of sneezing and watering, itching nose and eyes.