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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 June, 1963. "This parsnip weighing 5 lb and measuring 2 ft 7 in was grown by Mr M. Fifield, of Union Street, Palmerston North. Mrs Fifield found it a little difficult to pull from the garden."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Relation
2017-20
Date
June 12, 1963
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_017702
Format
B&W negative
Held In
Other

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gardens,
large vegetables,
parsnips,
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