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Groblersdal is a farming town situated 32 km North of the 178 million m3 Loskop Dam in Mpumalanga. The town is South Africa's second largest irrigation settlement. The main crops in this man-made floodplain are cotton, tobacco, citrus fruit, table grapes, maize, wheat, vegetables, sunflower seeds, peanuts, lucerne and peaches. Mpumalanga, (name changed from Eastern Transvaal in 24 August 1995, is a province in South Africa. ... Picking cotton in Georgia Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Species N. glauca N. longiflora N. rustica N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005 Tobacco (, L.) refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America, or to the dried and cured leaves of such plants. ... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus maxima - Pomelo Citrus medica - Citron Citrus reticulata - Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus x aurantifolia - Lime Citrus x aurantium - Bitter Orange Citrus x bergamia - Bergamot Citrus x hystrix - Kaffir Lime Citrus x ichangensis - Ichang Lemon Citrus x limon - Lemon Citrus x limonia - Rangpur Citrus x paradisi... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ... Vegetables in a market Vegetable is a culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary grain, fruit, nut, herb, or spice. ... Binomial name Helianthus annuus L. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the Family Asteraceae with a large flower head (inflorescence). ... Binomial name Arachis hypogaea L. The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the pea family Fabaceae native to South America. ... Species Medicago arabica Medicago heldreichii Medicago hybrida Medicago laciniata Medicago littoralis Medicago lupulina Medicago minima Medicago monantha Medicago monspeliaca Medicago orbicularis Medicago polymorpha Medicago praecox Medicago rigidula Medicago rugosa Medicago ruthenica Medicago sativa Medicago scutellata Medicago secundiflora Medicago truncatula Medicago turbinata Ref: ITIS 183622 as of 2002-07-31 For... Binomial name Prunus persica (L.) Batsch A peach dessert The Peach (Prunus persica) is a tree native to China that bears a juicy fruit of the same name. ...


Groblersdal was layout on the farm Klipbank as a result of Loskop Dam and named after the original owner WJ Grobler.


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Groblersdal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (111 words)
Groblersdal is a farming town situated 32 km North of the 178 million m3 Loskop Dam in Mpumalanga.
The main crops in this man-made floodplain are cotton, tobacco, citrus fruit, table grapes, maize, wheat, vegetables, sunflower seeds, peanuts, lucerne and peaches.
Groblersdal was layout on the farm Klipbank as a result of Loskop Dam and named after the original owner WJ Grobler.
iafrica.com | news | sa news Prisoners freed because it was Friday (797 words)
Groblersdal's chief magistrate, Hendrik van der Walt, released prisoners from detention because it was a Friday and he did not want them to spend the weekend in prison, he told the Middelburg Regional Court in Mpumalanga on Friday.
He was testifying in the trial against the head of detective services in the Pretoria area, Vincent Ntengo, who is standing trial for "unlawfully" arresting Van der Walt in October last year on charges of defeating the ends of justice.
Lategan allegedly told Van der Walt that she was not able to release Van Zyl, to which he allegedly replied that if she did not he would drive to the police station personally and sign the register.
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