Esparto

"Esparto," a Spanish grass, is used in England to a great extent, but it is too expensive to import to this country, and is, therefore, not used here.

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Kukuruda began his streak April 16 in a five-inning, 10-0 defeat of Esparto.

California pitcher's fourth straight no-hitter breaks state record 2010

Our pals at Mythbusters made a big bang in the the small town of Esparto, California.

Boing Boing 2009

Chief Barry Burns, of Esparto Fire Department, had several firefighters on hand for the explosion.

Boing Boing 2009

He also had 1⅓ no-hit relief innings May 4 in a 19-0 defeat of Esparto.

California pitcher's fourth straight no-hitter breaks state record 2010

James Eagan, 26411 Robin Street, Esparto, California 95627 (germplasm)

Chapter 11 1993

Esparto grass (Stipa tenacissima) grows in semiarid areas of North Africa.

Chapter 10 1990

Esparto grass, called "alfa" or "halfa" by the Arabs, is another unique product of the Sahara.

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson

Esparto, the coarse grass which grows almost everywhere in Spain, has long been an article of commerce, as well as the algaroba bean -- said to be the locust bean, on which John the Baptist might have thriven -- for it is the most fattening food for horses and cattle, and produces in them a singularly glossy and beautiful coat.

Spanish Life in Town and Country L. Higgin

Confirmation of the employment of such an ink on a document of the reign of Charlemegne in the beginning of the ninth century on yellow-brown Esparto (a Spanish rush) paper, is still preserved.

Forty Centuries of Ink 1904