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Op-Ed: Let’s Take the Government to Court Over St. John Land Swap
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Op-Ed: Let’s Take the Government to Court Over St. John Land Swap

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The Estate Thomas forestry crew in 1972. Larry Bough is standing second from left. (USDA Forest Service Photo)
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Opinion: Remember Larry Bough Whenever You See A Mahogany Tree

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This is the September plum fruits attached to the stem of the tree. The September plum, which produces fruits in September, looks like the hog plum fruits, but calling the same fruit September plum is in incorrect as they are two different fruits and trees. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Opinion: Don’t Confuse Hog Plums With September Plums

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The fruits are pleasantly odorous and have somewhat of an acid and are edible with a thin flesh slightly sour and pungent with a large seed about 1 inch long. These fruits are delicious and juicy, and packed with vitamins. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Opinion: Hog Plums a Rich Part of Virgin Islands History and Culture

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This beautiful blossom of the flamboyant tree ( Delonix regia)is in the St. George Village Botanical Garden on St. Croix. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: Flamboyant Trees Offer a Feast for the Senses

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This is the Adventure stream crossing Centerline Road on St. Croix, once a small river flowing from north to south. The Old Danish Bridge was built in 1910 with locally cut coral, stone, and bricks. It is against the law to cut down trees along stream beds, though too often our government is the biggest violator. Trees along this stream bed were cut a few months ago. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: The Importance of Guts in the Virgin Islands, Part 6

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Vegetarian kallaloo with green banana. (Photo by Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: Kallaloo Stands Out as the Authentic V.I. National Dish

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Harden Gut, just outside of Frederiksted town on St. Croix, was a popular stream where women washed their clothes. (Photo courtesy Olasee Davis)
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Op-Ed: The Importance of Guts in the Virgin Islands, Part 5

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A gang of women weeding the young cane field. In 1818, Budhoe mother was listed as a field worker. (Photo courtesy Library of Congress)
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Open Forum: Estate La Grange is the Place to Tell Our Emancipation History

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Open Forum: The Importance of Guts in the Virgin Islands, Part 4
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Open Forum: The Importance of Guts in the Virgin Islands, Part 4

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