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To: struggle

“I suspected that too when I went to Cadiz, CA and there’s a huge orchard in the middle of the desert with jeeps patrolling around and no reason why they’d have an orchard in the middle of the Mojave.”

An apple orchard is unlikely, date tree groves they do have. They are tourists destinations.


9 posted on 03/27/2026 12:16:07 PM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard = There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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To: dennisw

>An apple orchard is unlikely, date tree groves they do have. They are tourists destinations.

The place has been a huge money pit losing almost half a billion over a few decades and it always puzzled me as to why it was so important. Also, I watched Andromeda Strain, lol.


11 posted on 03/27/2026 12:17:51 PM PDT by struggle
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