When almost any new medical treatment has been proved effective, many people resist using it. Here’s one of many examples. This one is juicy. Andrew J.T. George wrote about it, in The Conversation: How the British defeated Napoleon with citrus fruit Everyone knows that Britain’s conclusive victory over Napoleon was at Waterloo. The story of that day […]
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Lime in the Coconut: Research
This week’s Fruit-in-Nut Study of the Week is: “The use of lime and salt for manuring coconut palms,” M.L.M. Salgado, T.A. Ceylon, vol. 103, 1947, pp. 121-123. For further coconut studies of that same vintage, see the Coconut Time Line for 1947. BONUS: Harry Nillson sings the song “Lime in the Coconut” [thanks to investigator […]