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Cultivation of peppermint in Florida

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In this comparative study of cultural, morphological and histological characteristics of species of Mentha growing in that State, it is concluded that extensive cultivation of the herb there would not be commercially profitable.

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  1. Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama

    George M. Hocking

  2. Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

    Leroy D. Edwards

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Deceased Oct. 28. 1954.

This article, the fourth in a series on Florida mints, is based on research with the College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, and on a paper presented before the Florida Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting, Nov. 21. 1941. That paper has been thoroughly revised for publication here.

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Hocking, G.M., Edwards, L.D. Cultivation of peppermint in Florida. Econ Bot 9, 78–93 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984964

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