Testing of the procedure was performed using four types of fruits:nectarine, orange, apple and kiwi.
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Exactly the same applies in regard to grapes, peaches and nectarines.
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Seedless grapes, nectarines, miniature tomatoes and types of potatoes are all genetically modified.
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We spent £2,644,000 on peaches and nectarines compared with £230,000 before the war.
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The total area affected will be 10, 000 hectares for apples and pears and 10, 000 hectares for peaches and nectarines.
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There is another entirely different class of articles, dried apples, dried peaches, dried pears and dried nectarines.
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We come to another item, dried apples, dried peaches, dried pears and dried nectarines.
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On peaches and nectarines we spent £231,000 in 1938; in 1946, we were spending £2,006,044.
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He mentioned, in particular, apples, peaches, pears and nectarines.
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The offer of an exchange premium for reducing cultivation of apples and pears by 10, 000 hectares, with a further 10, 000 hectares for peaches and nectarines seems balanced.
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I do not think so, because in the case in point, this is already the third proposal seeking to deal with the permanent surplus of apples, pears, peaches and nectarines.
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One has large crops of vegetables and fruit—oranges and nectarines—of every description, which are grown only to be bulldozed into the soil before they get anywhere near a consumer.
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I sometimes feel that just discussing nectarines and other fruit and vegetables is not the level at which one hopes the discussion will be carried on.
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The proposal would also include nectarines within the intervention system and it will establish a guaranteed threshold for mandarins, which are already covered by intervention arrangements.
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Peach blossoms (includingnectarine), most cherry blossoms, and some almond blossoms are usually pink.
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