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Hurricane Katrina knocked the top out of the Moon Sycamore grown at Mississippi State University.


Hurricane Katrina Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.  knocked the top out of the Moon Sycamore grown at Mississippi State University Mississippi State University, at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1878 as an agricultural and mechanical college, opened 1880. From 1932 to 1958 it was known as Mississippi State College.  from seeds carried aboard Apollo 14. The tree is being cared for and the stress is expected to produce a bumper crop In agriculture, a bumper crop refers to a particularly good harvest yielded for a particular crop.

Example: "With all the rain we've had over the last few months, we are expecting a bumper crop this year.
 of seeds.

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Title Annotation:News from the world of Trees
Publication:American Forests
Article Type:Brief article
Date:Mar 22, 2006
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