peanut

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  Piles of watermelons are purchased from July to August at the barn.
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  Bruce and his family have a complete peanut harvest from planting through boiling.
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  Highway 178 bisects the Holland fields. A 5 acre tilled area on the north side of the road is prepared for the next crop.
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  The peanut is a nitrogen-fixing plant. The roots form nodules, which absorb nitrogen from the air and provide enrichment and nutrition to the plant and soil.
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  From planting to harvesting the growing cycle takes about four to five months, depending on the variety.
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  Peanuts are actually legumes - not nuts.
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  The green peanuts are almost ready for harvest.
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  Green peanuts are available.
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  Americans are eating more peanuts overall; more peanut butter and more snack peanuts.Total peanut consumption has been on the upward trend since 1996. Snack peanuts are up by 13.3 percent over the past year.
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  Melvin Holland sells peanuts at the festival.
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  There is a display of John Deere® tractors alongside of the farm museum.
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  Peanuts are grown on the 35 acre field adjacent to the homestead.
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  The boots were nailed to the trunk of the oak tree by Jeff Thompson's widow shortly after he died 25 years ago. He is the great-grandfather of John Michael Roush.
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  Charles Holland assists Bruce in the sales department.