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Matthew takes out Portal poinsettias
Holiday plants wont be available this season
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The 2015 crop of Poinsettias is shown growing in the Portal Middle High School Greenhouse. Hurricane Matthew has wiped out the 2016 crop. - photo by Special
Many in Bulloch County look forward to Portal High School's poinsettias each year for the holidays. Unfortunately, this year's plants were wiped out by Hurricane Matthew. "The crop is a total loss because of going so long without power and water this weekend," said Dr. Tom Marshall, an agriculture teacher for the school's Plant and Landscape Systems and Horticulture and Forestry Science career pathways.
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