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Posted on 6/20/17 at 9:38 pm
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Posted on 6/20/17 at 9:39 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Orange Kush
Posted on 6/20/17 at 9:40 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Becnels are still there
This post was edited on 6/20/17 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 6/20/17 at 9:40 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Becnel's rolling in it.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 9:52 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
A friend has acres of blood oranges in Belle Chase
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:00 pm to Pepe Lepew
I bet you do. 
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:04 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
And kind of almost relevant, can that cigarette ad for a local LA tobacco still be seen on the side of a building in downtown Plaquemine (city)?
What was the brand name? Is there still tobacco grown in LA?
What was the brand name? Is there still tobacco grown in LA?
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:05 pm to Kafka
Family friend still has a farm down there (Oranges and Satsumas).
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:07 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Johnny Becnel's family is still out on the delta.
There was enough of a citrus industry inland that there are some agricultural regulations about what citrus can be grown north and south of I-10.
Some interesting reading in this book saved by Google
Gardening at Rosedown Plantation
There was enough of a citrus industry inland that there are some agricultural regulations about what citrus can be grown north and south of I-10.
Some interesting reading in this book saved by Google
Gardening at Rosedown Plantation
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:23 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
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Apparently back in the day there was a fairly large orange growing industry down in Plaquemines Parish. Any of that still going on or nah?
Not normal oranges, but Satsumas. Which are one of the best varieties of mandarins out there. But they have very loose skin, which isn't good for shipping. So you generally only find them close to where they're grown.
I hated working in Chalmette. But it was nice during satsuma season. I'd buy a bag from the Vietnamese woman on Judge, and eat then for breakfast everyday.
The only Mandarin I've had that was close to as good is a pixie.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:34 pm to jlc05
Around Christmas time I'd help my dad load up dozens of Christmas gift baskets from Becnels to give to friends and clients. Glad to know they're still around... Good memories of that place and damn good satsumas.
This post was edited on 6/20/17 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:45 pm to Kafka
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And kind of almost relevant, can that cigarette ad for a local LA tobacco still be seen on the side of a building in downtown Plaquemine (city)?
Don't know about the ad on the building, but I do know about a locally grown tobacco. It's grown in St. James Parish. It's called perique. only grown in St. James and I believe only grown on only a handful of farms.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:53 pm to Emteein
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I do know about a locally grown tobacco. It's grown in St. James Parish. It's called perique. only grown in St. James and I believe only grown on only a handful of farms.
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Perique is a type of tobacco from Saint James Parish, Louisiana, known for its strong, powerful, and fruity aroma. When the Acadians made their way into this region in 1776, the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes were cultivating a variety of tobacco with a distinctive flavor. A farmer named Pierre Chenet is credited with first turning this local tobacco into what is now known as Perique in 1824 through the labor-intensive technique of pressure-fermentation.
quote:So that's the surviving tobacco industry in LA?
Fewer than 16 acres (65,000 m²) of this crop remain in cultivation. Most Louisiana perique is cultivated by farmers Percy and Grant Martin in Grande Pointe, Louisiana. Although at its peak Saint James Parish was producing around 20 tons of perique a year, output is now merely a few barrels.
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