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Deborah Greco, DVM, Ph. D., a leading researcher in the field of feline diabetes and an internist, endocrinologist at The Animal Medical Center in New York, showcased the so-called Catkin's diet at the recently concluded American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine meeting in Minneapolis.
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Trevor dear, whatever made you think Catkin was a man?
glue 2007
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Good man Catkin, “You have to wait till cut is completely healed and then use”.
glue 2007
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Catkin killing was very severe in both orchards and only those varieties which had a few live catkins are listed.
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Catkin hardiness is important since the pollen is necessary for nut production and must be present in abundance as its movement in the orchard is subject to the vagaries of the wind, and only
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Catkin bearing nut trees, such as the walnut, have a refined structure that makes grafting difficult.
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Catkin killing does not seem to be due to extreme cold during the winter and rarely are the catkins injured before late February or early March.
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"Catkin dear," says the little girl, "I do want to get out of this, for Baba Yaga is going to eat me with her iron teeth."
Old Peter's Russian Tales Arthur Ransome 1925
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Catkin was a little too meek and pink-nosed to suit me, but Pussy-willow was the prettiest, "cutest" little scrap of gray-striped fur ever seen and I loved her passionately.
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career Lucy Maud 1917
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Point a finger at Peridon, you run Catkin through the body.
One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868
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