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late bloom

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late bloom
said of mature plants at the stage where the flowers have fallen off.


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As we pulled up on big handholds to cross a cockscomb of sloping ridge above the ebbing tide I spied a last brave tuft of sea pink sporting a handful of late blooms.
As a vehicle for racetrack marketing, Smarty Jones benefits from the truth-stranger-than-fiction stories of his early days (marked by a skull fracture suffered in training), the tragedies of owners Roy and Patricia Chapman (who lost breeding advisor Bob Camac in a murder), the late bloom of jockey Stewart Elliott (a 39-year-old Triple Crown rookie) and the fanaticism of sports fans at his Philadelphia home base.
I am loathe to lift at present because of the mild air in the city I am still finding a few late blooms opening and worth cutting.
 
 
 
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