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Truffle growing in California involves the extermination of gophers, wild rodents native to the U.S., who will eat the truffles that farmers intend to harvest commercially.
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The truffle pioneers of Wine CountryThe previous owner had planted 1,900 hazelnut tree seedlings that had been inoculated with Tuber melanosporum spores back in 2009. The orchard had yet to produce a harvest of the earthy, aromatic black winter truffle — also known as the Périgord tr Read more...