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The dibber was first recorded in Roman times and has remained mostly unchanged since. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, farmers would use long-handled dibbers of metal or wood to plant crops. One person would walk with a dibber making holes, and a second person would plant seeds in each hole and fill it in.
Rosa gymnocarpa is a perennial [2] shrub growing up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height. Its stem is covered with long, straight spines which may or may not be abundant. The pink or white fragrant flowers are flat and open-faced with five petals in most any shade of pink to almost lavender.
The rose hip or rosehip, also called rose haw and rose hep, is the accessory fruit of the various species of rose plant. It is typically red to orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species. Rose hips begin to form after pollination of flowers in spring or early summer, and ripen in late summer through autumn.
Rosa woodsii is a perennial [4] bushy shrub which grows up to 3 metres (10 feet) tall. The shrubs can form large, dense thickets. The plant reproduces sexually by seed and vegetatively by sprouting from the root crown, layering, and by producing root suckers.
The flowers are cream-colored and arrive in the spring. The seed pods are fairly straight and contain about 8 to 15 seeds each. The seeds are flat, average each about 1.5 cm (0.59 in) in diameter and have an average mass of about 0.125 g (0.0044 oz) each. The tree's wood has a density of about 840 kg/m 3 (1,420 lb/cu yd). [3]
It tends to grow on rocky hillsides in well-drained soil, often in the vicinity of rivers. It grows quickly at 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) per year in good conditions. [5] The growing areas are often "savannah to dry rainforest." Flowering can begin in as soon as two years after germination. [6]
Pequod's Pizza in Chicago is known for its deep dish pizza with a perfectly caramelized crust and is considered by many to be the best deep dish in Illinois. The first restaurant was opened by ...
Didymocheton fraserianus is an evergreen tree that typically grows to a height of 30 m (98 ft), with a trunk up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) in diameter. The largest D. fraserianus in New South Wales is 56.9 m (186.7 ft) tall and has a trunk 3.55 m (11.6 ft) in diameter.