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Agriculture--Japan--Okinawa-ken;Taro

 Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field of taro and sweet potatoes, July 17, 1947

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: G-127
Scope and Contents

A field of taro and sweet potatoes, northwest of Yonabaru, Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Taro and sweet potatoes growing on fine-textured Alluvial soil washed from Shimajiri marl near site of G125 and G126."

Dates: July 17, 1947

Taro plant patch with an augur nearby, September 19, 1947

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: H-46
Scope and Contents

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Taro plants, with 42 inch auger to show height, beginning to turn color in the fall in a small valley north of Izumi, Motobu peninsula."

Dates: September 19, 1947