On the way home from pistol competition one evening we stopped in Gilroy for gas. Asked the old-timey gas station operator, “What is that smell?” “That,” he replied, “Mister, is the smell of MONEY!!!”
Strawberries (Watsonville), Lettuce (Salinas), Artichokes (I forget). Each town had a specialty.
And the one-worlders think they can do agriculture better than the farmers!
Castroville. Artichoke capital of the world. I often wonder who was the 1st person who thought one could eat an artichoke.
Chokes —> Castroville
Brussels Sprouts —> San Mateo County on the coast
Artichokes is Watsonville.
My grandparents lived there.
Artichokes = Castroville.
Artichokes are Castroville