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They had a lot of heirloom apples, which are often farmed in smaller batches and date back centuries, and can be hard and dense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Prosecutors previously told the court they could be ready for trial by October 2027 but were willing to move that date back to January 2028 to avoid the holiday period.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Reports of unidentified Prionus larvae damaging blueberry roots date back to 2010, but researchers had struggled to determine which species was responsible.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
The images date back as far as the 1840s when the Daguerrotype process that popularized photography and made images printed on silver-plated copper sheets common keepsakes.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Still, from what we can tell, everyone, rich or poor, liked to flavor their food with spices—a taste that may well date back to Roman times.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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