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Salad days

Published on
July 6, 2001
Last updated
May 27, 2015

Scientists from the University of Southampton's School of Biological Sciences examine lettuces at a farm near Winchester to determine the best time for picking. They are camping out and harvesting lettuces every four hours.

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