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WE'RE IN THE EXPOSITION PARK
GARDEN IN LOS ANGELES,
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RIGHT NEAR THE USC CAMPUS.
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NOW, THIS GARDEN
WAS FIRST PLANTED BACK IN 1927.
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THERE ARE 15,000
ROSEBUSHES HERE --
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145 DIFFERENT VARIETIES.
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AND THIS GARDEN IS ESPECIALLY
BEAUTIFUL IN THE SPRINGTIME,
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BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT
UNUSUAL IN CALIFORNIA,
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BECAUSE OUR ENTIRE STATE
IS SPECTACULAR
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IN THE SPRINGTIME,
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ALL THE WAY FROM THE NORTH
DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN DESERTS.
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AND IN
THIS PARTICULAR ADVENTURE,
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WE'RE GONNA VISIT
A COUPLE OF THOSE PLACES
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AND SEE
THOSE SPECTACULAR FLOWERS.
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SO IF YOU LOVE FLOWERS,
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IF YOU GOT PLENTY OF FILM
IN YOUR CAMERA,
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AND YOU DON'T HAVE A BAD COLD --
BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
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WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY
THE FULL AND RICH AROMA --
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AS ALWAYS,
YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US
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AS WE CONTINUE
OUR SEARCH TOGETHER --
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THIS TIME,
AMONG THE FLOWERS --
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FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD.
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� CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME �
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� RIGHT BACK WHERE
I STARTED FROM �
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� WHERE BOWERS OF FLOWERS
BLOOM IN THE SUN �
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� EACH MORNING AT DAWNING,
BIRDIES SING AND EVERYTHING �
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� A SUN-KISSED MISS SAYS,
"DON'T BE LATE" �
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� THAT'S WHY I CAN HARDLY WAIT �
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� OPEN UP THAT GOLDEN GATE �
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� CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME �
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Howser: NOW, TO GET
TO OUR FIRST FLOWER DESTINATION,
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WE DROVE THROUGH
THE GOLD-RUSH TOWN
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OF SUTTER CREEK
IN AMADOR COUNTY
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AND THEN TURNED
ONTO A LITTLE ROAD
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THAT WOUND THROUGH
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SOME OF THE PRETTIEST COUNTRY
I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
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WE WERE UP ABOUT 3,000 FEET.
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THE SKY WAS A BRIGHT BLUE,
THE AIR WAS FRESH,
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AND WE WERE IN A PERFECT MOOD
TO SEE SOME PRETTY FLOWERS.
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WELL,
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG,
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BECAUSE BEFORE WE KNEW IT,
WE HAD ARRIVED AT DAFFODIL HILL.
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GOOD MORNING.
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GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING?
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I'M HUELL HOWSER.
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MARY RYAN --
NICE TO KNOW YOU.
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NICE TO MEET YOU.
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ART LUCOT --
BROTHER OF MARY RYAN.
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NOW, ARE YOU PART
OF THIS FAMILY, TOO?
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NO,
I'M NOT PART OF THE FAMILY,
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BUT A VERY INTERESTED PERSON
IN GARDENS
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AND BRINGING A LOT OF
GOOD TOURISM TO AMADOR COUNTY.
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AND YOUR NAME IS?
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I'M MURIEL THEBAUT.
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WHO OWNS THIS PLACE?
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MY BROTHER AND I.
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MY MOTHER AND UNCLE JESS
LEFT THE RANCH INTO A TRUST
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THAT CAME TO MY BROTHER
AND ME,
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AND IT WILL GO TO OUR THREE SONS
AND MY BROTHER.
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SO THIS HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY
FOR A LONG TIME.
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YES, THE LATE 1800s BRANCH
BOUGHT THIS --
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THE GRANDMOTHERS.
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NOW, WERE THERE DAFFODILS
GROWING HERE IN THE LATE 1800s?
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YES, THERE WAS
A LITTLE VARIETY OF DAFFODIL
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MUCH LIKE OUR KING ALFREDS,
BUT MUCH SMALLER --
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VERY LOW VARIETY.
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GRANDMA DIVIDED THEM EACH YEAR
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TO MAKE HER GARDEN
A LITTLE BIGGER.
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SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1935,
AND AT THAT TIME,
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MOTHER AND UNCLE JESS
DECIDED THEY WOULD PLANT SOME
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IN WHAT WE CALL THE PICNIC AREA
IN HER MEMORY.
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AND THIS GREW AND GREW AND...
[ LAUGHS ]
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WE JUST GREW.
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WELL, CAN WE TAKE A LITTLE TOUR
OF DAFFODIL HILL?
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NOW, WHAT IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY HERE?
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I'M THE BRAWN.
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YOU'RE THE BRAWN.
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IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU'RE DIGGING THE FLOWERS.
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WE DO A LOT OF THAT.
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SISTER PLANTS A LOT,
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AND I HELP WITH GENERAL THINGS
ALL OVER.
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OKAY, WELL, LET'S ALL GO.
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MURIEL,
YOU'RE COMING WITH US,
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AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE
A QUICK TOUR OF DAFFODIL HILL.
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NOW, HOW MANY VARIETIES
OF DAFFODILS
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DO YOU HAVE PLANTED
ON DAFFODIL HILL?
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ESTIMATING, I WOULD SAY
PROBABLY 350 VARIETIES.
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WHEN YOU SAY "ESTIMATING,"
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO ESTIMATE?
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BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PLANTING
THE DAFFODILS FOR 54 YEARS.
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SOME OF THEM HAVE DIED OUT.
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WE HAVE GOTTEN NEW VARIETIES IN,
AND I CANNOT TELL YOU
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EXACTLY HOW MANY VARIETIES
WE HAVE LEFT.
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WHERE DO ALL THESE --
OH, LOOK AT THIS!
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OHH...
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THIS IS WHERE IT COMES FROM --
THE NAME "DAFFODIL HILL."
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THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR.
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HOW DO THEY FIND OUT
ABOUT IT?
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PART OF IT
IS BY WORD OF MOUTH.
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AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE DAFFODIL SEASON
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WHEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT A DATE
THAT WE ARE GOING TO OPEN,
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I USUALLY NOTIFY MANY PAPERS
THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
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I DO HAVE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR NAMES,
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AND I WILL SEND NOTICES
TO THEM
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TELLING THEM
WHEN WE WILL OPEN.
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BUT IT IS USUALLY
AROUND THE MIDDLE OF MARCH.
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THE WEATHERMAN
HAS BEEN VERY GOOD
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TO HAVE THE SEASON
JUST RIGHT FOR US.
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SO IT'S PRETTY PREDICTABLE
EVERY YEAR.
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MM-HMM.
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DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
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AS FAR AS
THE BEAUTY OF THEM EACH YEAR
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WHETHER IT WAS RAINING A LOT
THE LAST WINTER?
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HOW HARD IS IT
TO TAKE CARE OF DAFFODILS?
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ONCE THEY'RE IN THE GROUND,
THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES,
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AND THE SECRET OF DAFFODIL HILL
IS THAT WE DO HAVE SNOW.
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THEY LIKE THAT FREEZE.
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IT MAKES A GOOD FIRM BULB,
AND WITHOUT THE FREEZE,
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WITHOUT THE COLDNESS,
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THE BULBS WILL NOT REPRODUCE
YEAR AFTER YEAR.
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I SEE.
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SO HOW OLD
ARE SOME OF THESE FLOWERS?
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SOME OF THESE FLOWERS PROBABLY
GO BACK TO 1950s, 1940s.
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WE ARE UNCOVERING AN AREA
ON THE FAR SIDE
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WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN COVERED
BY PINE TREES,
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CEDAR TREES.
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WE HAVE SCRAPED THAT MULCH OFF,
AND THERE ARE DAFFODILS
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THAT HAVE BEEN NOT BLOOMING
FOR SEVERAL YEARS,
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AND ONCE WE UNCOVERED THEM,
THEY HAVE BEEN COMING BACK.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS
ABOUT DAFFODILS
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THAT MAKE THEM SUCH A FAVORITE
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE?
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THEY'RE A PRETTY SIMPLE
LITTLE FLOWER, AREN'T THEY?
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VERY SIMPLE LITTLE FLOWER --
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VERY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FACE,
VERY BEAUTIFUL COLORS.
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THEY ARE THE FIRST SIGN
OF SPRING.
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OH, THAT'S IT.
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IT'S A GOOD WAY OF KNOWING
THAT THE WINTER'S OVER.
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RIGHT, UH-HUH.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THE FLOWERS, LADIES?
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OH, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
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HAVING A GOOD TIME?
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I'M HAVING A HARD TIME
COUNTING THEM.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO
COUNT THEM ALL.
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OH, I SEE!
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ARE YOU A DAFFODIL FAN?
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OH, I LOVE THEM.
AREN'T THEY GORGEOUS?
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WE GOT DAFFODILS IN OUR YARD,
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BUT THERE'S
ONLY THREE DAFFODILS.
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IT'S NOT LIKE THIS HERE --
SPECTACULAR.
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I'M HERE WITH MY SON
TAKING PICTURES OF THE FLOWERS.
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HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE?
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YEAH, THAT'S WHY I CAME BACK.
IT'S GREAT UP HERE.
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LOOK AT ALL THE VARIETIES
AND THE COLORS --
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TWO-TONES, THREE-TONES.
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SO YOU'D GET
SOME GOOD PICTURES.
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GREAT SLIDES.
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WHOSE IDEA WAS IT
TO COME?
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MY SISTER'S.
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MY IDEA.
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I THINK IT WAS MINE.
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I THINK IT WAS MINE.
[ LAUGHS ]
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SOMEBODY'S IDEA.
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WELL, IT WAS A GOOD IDEA,
WHOSEVER IDEA IT WAS.
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WE AGREE.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY?
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HAVE YOU JUST
KIND OF WALKED AROUND
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AND KIND OF CONTEMPLATED
ALL THE BEAUTY?
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YEAH, WE JUST MADE
THE CIRCUIT AROUND HERE.
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WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME.
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WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO ALAMO
THIS AFTERNOON.
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WE'VE ENJOYED THE VIEWS --
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SAT DOWN ON THE BENCHES
AND JUST LOOKED AROUND
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AND FELT VERY PEACEFUL.
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IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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WELL, CAN YOU SIT DOWN
ON THE BENCH ONE MORE TIME?
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LET'S GET A SHOT OF YOU ALL
JUST SITTING THERE
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BEFORE THEY GO BACK
TO ALAMO.
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THERE THEY ARE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAFFODILS,
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AND WHOSE IDEA WAS IT AGAIN?
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IT WAS MY IDEA.
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[ LAUGHS ]
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A GOOD IDEA.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?
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OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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IT'S MY NATIONAL FLOWER,
YOU KNOW.
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I'M FROM WALES,
AND THAT'S OUR NATIONAL FLOWER.
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REALLY?
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YES, AND THEY GROW WILD
VERY MUCH OVER THERE.
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NOW, WE HAVE HEARD
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THAT A LOT OF THE EARLY PIONEERS
IN CALIFORNIA
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BROUGHT DAFFODIL BULBS
WITH THEM,
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SO SOME OF THESE MAY HAVE
ACTUALLY COME FROM WALES.
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YES, AND THE LAKE DISTRICT
IN ENGLAND --
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THAT'S WHERE WORDSWORTH
WROTE HIS FAMOUS POEM
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"THE DAFFODILS."
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SO THIS REALLY MEANS A LOT
TO YOU.
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OH, THIS IS
MY FAVORITE FLOWER.
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WOW.
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THE PIONEERS DID BRING
THEIR FAVORITE PLANTS --
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THE SEEDS
OF THEIR FAVORITE FLOWERS,
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THEIR BULBS --
WITH THEM ACROSS THE PLAINS.
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THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH ROOM
FOR GEAR, AS WE KNOW,
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PACKING UP AND TRAVELING
ACROSS THE CONTINENT,
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BUT THEY ALWAYS BROUGHT
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THEIR MOST PRECIOUS THINGS
WITH THEM,
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AND GARDEN THINGS WERE
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT --
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BOTH EDIBLE AS WELL AS
VISUALLY BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
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SO BULBS --
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DAFFODIL BULBS WERE BROUGHT OVER
BY THE PIONEERS.
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THEY WERE.
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SO DAFFODILS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
A PART OF YOUR FAMILY'S LIFE.
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Ryan: RIGHT, RIGHT.
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EVEN IN THE OLD DAYS,
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THIS WAS A STOP
FOR STAGECOACHES,
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MAINLY FOR LOGGERS
TAKING LOGS TO THE LOW COUNTRY.
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IT WAS THE MAIN ROUTE
OVER CARSON PASS --
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WENT RIGHT BETWEEN THE BARN
AND THE ORIGINAL HOUSE --
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AND THEY STOPPED HERE
TO HAVE THEIR BED AND BREAKFAST
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AND THEN CARRIED ON
DOWN THE ROAD.
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AND ENJOYED THE DAFFODILS.
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NO, IN THAT TIME,
THERE WERE JUST A FEW.
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I DON'T THINK
THEY ENJOYED TOO MANY.
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NOT LIKE THIS,
BUT THERE WERE SOME DAFFODILS.
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YES, THERE WERE.
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YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY PEOPLE TELL US
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WHAT A REFRESHING FEELING IT IS
TO WALK THROUGH THE DAFFODILS,
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AND THAT'S TRUE.
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YOU GET UP HERE AND YOU'RE LOST.
YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS.
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YOU HAVE NO CARES.
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YOU HAVE NOTHING --
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BE.
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AND I WOULD THINK
THAT WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN HERE,
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THEY BUY INTO THIS WHOLE IDEA
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OF THIS BEING
A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
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AND WE HAVE PEOPLE
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE --
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ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
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AND WHETHER THEY'RE RICH,
POOR, OR IN BETWEEN,
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THEY ALL SEEM TO ENJOY IT.
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THEY ARE VERY RESPECTFUL.
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I DON'T EVER WANT TO HEAR
ANYBODY SAY
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THAT THE PUBLIC
DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THE LAND,
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BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY,
VERY FEW PROBLEMS.
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DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE
WANTING TO PICK THEM?
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VERY FEW.
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WE HAD MORE IN THE OLD DAYS
THAN WE DO NOW,
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WHEN WE WERE
NOT NEARLY AS LARGE.
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PEOPLE HAVE TO GO RIGHT BY US
WHEN THEY LEAVE,
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AND IT WOULD BE
VERY DIFFICULT
00:10:46.613 --> 00:10:48.380
TO TAKE OUT
A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.
00:10:48.448 --> 00:10:50.549
YOU DON'T HAVE AN ALARM
OR ANYTHING, DO YOU?
00:10:50.617 --> 00:10:51.917
NO, WE DON'T HAVE AN ALARM.
00:10:51.985 --> 00:10:53.552
JUST THE PEACOCKS --
00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:55.621
IF THEY GET IN THEIR WAY,
THEY MIGHT SOUND OFF.
00:10:55.689 --> 00:10:58.791
SOME AREAS, THEY GROW
MUCH BETTER THAN OTHERS,
00:10:58.858 --> 00:11:02.261
BUT IT IS EXCELLENT SOIL --
BEAUTIFUL SOIL --
00:11:02.328 --> 00:11:03.862
BEAUTIFUL SOIL TO WORK IN.
00:11:03.930 --> 00:11:06.131
WE DON'T FERTILIZE.
WE DON'T WATER.
00:11:06.199 --> 00:11:07.966
THE DAFFODILS
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
00:11:08.034 --> 00:11:09.268
SO NONE OF THIS --
00:11:09.336 --> 00:11:11.570
IN OTHER WORDS,
THIS IS JUST NATURE.
00:11:11.638 --> 00:11:14.006
WE'RE JUST A LITTLE STEP
CLOSER TO GOD,
00:11:14.074 --> 00:11:15.474
AND HE TAKES CARE OF US.
00:11:15.542 --> 00:11:18.977
HOW MANY MORE FLOWERS
CAN YOU PUT IN HERE
00:11:19.045 --> 00:11:21.347
BEFORE YOU HAVE
A FULL HOUSE?
00:11:21.414 --> 00:11:24.350
WE CAN PUT IN
MANY THOUSANDS MORE.
00:11:24.417 --> 00:11:27.519
REALLY?
SO THIS JUST GOES ON AND ON.
00:11:27.587 --> 00:11:29.188
IT GOES ON AND ON.
00:11:31.658 --> 00:11:34.660
NEXT, WE HEADED SOUTH
FOR THE BEACH --
00:11:34.728 --> 00:11:37.463
THE TOWN OF CARLSBAD,
TO BE EXACT,
00:11:37.530 --> 00:11:41.033
WHICH IS LOCATED 35 MILES NORTH
OF SAN DIEGO.
00:11:41.101 --> 00:11:43.535
NOW, CARLSBAD
IS ONE OF THE MOST PICTURESQUE
00:11:43.603 --> 00:11:46.005
COASTAL COMMUNITIES
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
00:11:46.072 --> 00:11:47.539
IT'S ALSO THE HOME
00:11:47.607 --> 00:11:51.310
OF ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR
SPRINGTIME SIGHTS
00:11:51.378 --> 00:11:54.113
YOU'LL FIND
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
00:11:54.180 --> 00:11:57.449
YOU GET JUST A GLIMPSE OF IT
FROM THE HIGHWAY,
00:11:57.517 --> 00:12:00.285
AND WHEN YOU PULL
INTO THE PARKING LOT
00:12:00.353 --> 00:12:03.455
OF CARLSBAD RANCH,
YOU SEE EVEN MORE OF IT.
00:12:03.523 --> 00:12:06.959
BUT WHEN YOU FINALLY PARK
AND GET OUT OF YOUR CAR
00:12:07.027 --> 00:12:10.429
AND WALK UP TO IT,
IT IS LITERALLY BREATHTAKING.
00:12:10.497 --> 00:12:12.798
GOOD MORNING.
I'M HUELL HOWSER.
00:12:12.866 --> 00:12:15.234
I'M PAUL ECKE.
HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
00:12:15.301 --> 00:12:16.669
I'M LIZ ECKE.
00:12:16.736 --> 00:12:18.003
NICE TO MEET YOU.
00:12:18.071 --> 00:12:19.304
I'M MIKE MELLANO.
00:12:19.372 --> 00:12:20.873
NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.
00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:24.076
I'VE DONE A LOT OF INTERVIEWS
WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:12:24.144 --> 00:12:26.845
AND BEEN IN A LOT OF PLACES
IN CALIFORNIA,
00:12:26.913 --> 00:12:30.182
BUT THIS HAS TO BE ONE
OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR PLACES
00:12:30.250 --> 00:12:32.217
I HAVE EVER SEEN
IN MY LIFE.
00:12:32.285 --> 00:12:35.287
YOU AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
FEEL THE SAME WAY.
00:12:35.355 --> 00:12:37.189
IS THIS --
IS THIS NORMAL?
00:12:37.257 --> 00:12:39.491
IS THIS THE WAY
IT ALWAYS LOOKS
00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:40.893
IN THE SPRINGTIME?
00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:42.895
WELL, FOR ABOUT
THE LAST 45 YEARS
00:12:42.962 --> 00:12:45.330
ON THIS PROPERTY
OR ADJACENT PROPERTY,
00:12:45.398 --> 00:12:47.733
THERE'S BEEN A SIGHT
SIMILAR TO THIS,
00:12:47.801 --> 00:12:50.336
BUT THIS YEAR
IS THE NUMBER-ONE BEST CROP
00:12:50.403 --> 00:12:52.071
THAT'S EVER BEEN GROWN HERE.
00:12:52.138 --> 00:12:54.206
NUMBER-ONE --
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
00:12:54.274 --> 00:12:56.342
WELL,
CAN WE WALK THROUGH THE --
00:12:56.409 --> 00:12:59.311
CAN WE WALK UP HERE
WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT?
00:12:59.379 --> 00:13:01.647
CAN YOU GIVE ME
THE HISTORY OF IT --
00:13:01.715 --> 00:13:03.315
WHY THESE FLOWERS ARE HERE?
00:13:03.383 --> 00:13:06.418
Paul: WELL,
I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS
00:13:06.486 --> 00:13:10.622
IS THAT THE WORLD'S BEST
RANUNCULUS GROWER, ED FRAZEE,
00:13:10.690 --> 00:13:14.326
DECIDED THAT THIS WAS
THE NUMBER-ONE BEST PLACE
00:13:14.394 --> 00:13:17.096
IN THE WORLD
TO GROW THESE BULBS,
00:13:17.163 --> 00:13:18.964
AND SO FOR THAT REASON,
00:13:19.032 --> 00:13:22.167
WE'VE BEEN COOPERATING
WITH HIM OVER THE YEARS.
00:13:22.235 --> 00:13:24.203
NOW,
WHY WAS THIS THE PLACE
00:13:24.270 --> 00:13:26.839
THAT WAS SO SPECIAL
FOR GROWING THEM?
00:13:26.906 --> 00:13:29.641
WELL, HE TELLS US
THAT THIS IS THE PLACE
00:13:29.709 --> 00:13:32.211
WHERE THE HUMIDITY,
THE TEMPERATURE,
00:13:32.278 --> 00:13:36.215
THE SOIL, THE WATER
IS JUST THE RIGHT COMBINATION
00:13:36.282 --> 00:13:38.283
TO CREATE
THE VERY BEST CONDITION
00:13:38.351 --> 00:13:41.053
FOR GROWING THIS PARTICULAR CROP
OF RANUNCULUS.
00:13:41.121 --> 00:13:44.123
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE APPEAL
00:13:44.190 --> 00:13:47.426
OF THESE FIELDS ARE
FOR PEOPLE?
00:13:47.494 --> 00:13:50.496
WELL, I THINK
THAT UNLIKE MOST FLOWER CROPS
00:13:50.563 --> 00:13:52.264
THAT ARE GROWN IN FIELDS,
00:13:52.332 --> 00:13:54.800
THESE FLOWERS
ARE ALLOWED TO BLOOM
00:13:54.868 --> 00:13:57.569
SO PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ENJOY
THE COLOR,
00:13:57.637 --> 00:14:00.272
WHEREAS NORMALLY,
A FIELD OF FLOWERS,
00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:03.509
YOU PICK THE FLOWERS
WHEN THEY'RE STILL GREEN,
00:14:03.576 --> 00:14:07.379
SO THERE'S NOT THE SAME KIND
OF COLOR THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
00:14:07.447 --> 00:14:10.449
NOW, WHAT DO YOU DO
WITH ALL THESE FLOWERS?
00:14:10.517 --> 00:14:14.153
BECAUSE YOU DON'T ACTUALLY
SELL THE FLOWERS, DO YOU --
00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:15.754
THE BLOOMS THEMSELVES?
00:14:15.822 --> 00:14:18.457
WE HARVEST ABOUT 5%
OF THE BLOOMS
00:14:18.525 --> 00:14:20.292
FOR SALE AS CUT FLOWERS,
00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:23.629
WHICH WE SHIP ALL OVER THE U.S.
AND CANADA,
00:14:23.697 --> 00:14:26.432
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THIS YEAR,
00:14:26.499 --> 00:14:29.835
WE SHIPPED SOME
OF THESE FLOWERS TO HOLLAND.
00:14:29.903 --> 00:14:32.338
WE SHIPPED FLOWERS TO HOLLAND
LAST WEEK,
00:14:32.405 --> 00:14:35.541
AND IN ADDITION, WE HARVEST THEM
TO SELL AT THE STAND
00:14:35.608 --> 00:14:36.809
FOR THE PUBLIC,
00:14:36.876 --> 00:14:39.478
BUT THE PRIMARY CROP
IS THE BULB.
00:14:39.546 --> 00:14:41.880
AND THEN THE BULB
IS THE CROP
00:14:41.948 --> 00:14:44.416
THAT WILL BE HARVESTED
IN JUNE,
00:14:44.484 --> 00:14:45.651
AND AFTER IT'S PROCESSED
AND DRIED AND PACKAGED,
00:14:48.154 --> 00:14:49.655
IT WILL BE SOLD
VIRTUALLY ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:14:51.758 --> 00:14:55.294
SO THE REASON WHY YOU SEE
ALL THE FLOWERS BLOOMING
00:14:55.362 --> 00:14:57.162
IS THAT WE PRODUCE
MORE FLOWERS
00:14:57.230 --> 00:14:59.698
THAN WE CAN SELL
AS FRESH FLOWERS
00:14:59.766 --> 00:15:02.801
BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER
OF BULBS THAT WE NEED
00:15:02.869 --> 00:15:04.336
FOR OUR BULB MARKET.
00:15:04.404 --> 00:15:05.838
THAT'S THE REASON.
00:15:05.905 --> 00:15:08.741
DO YOU HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT WEEDING THIS OUT?
00:15:08.808 --> 00:15:11.143
HOW MUCH MAINTENANCE
DOES IT TAKE
00:15:11.211 --> 00:15:12.144
TO KEEP THIS GARDEN GOING?
00:15:12.212 --> 00:15:13.746
A LOT.
00:15:13.813 --> 00:15:16.215
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THERE'S A WEED RIGHT HERE --
00:15:16.282 --> 00:15:17.583
THIS RIGHT HERE.
00:15:17.650 --> 00:15:20.185
THIS IS A WEED RIGHT HERE?
00:15:20.253 --> 00:15:22.788
WELL,
LET'S TAKE THAT OUT.
00:15:22.856 --> 00:15:26.392
HOW DID A WEED GET
IN THIS GARDEN?
00:15:26.459 --> 00:15:29.328
WELL, WHEN THE WIND BLOWS,
WHEN IT RAINS,
00:15:29.396 --> 00:15:30.729
THINGS JUST HAPPEN,
00:15:30.797 --> 00:15:33.232
BECAUSE THIS
HAS ALL BEEN TREATED,
00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:35.968
BUT YOU CANNOT CONTROL
NATURE TOTALLY.
00:15:36.036 --> 00:15:38.771
WHEN WE ROGUE
AFTER IT STARTS BLOOMING,
00:15:38.838 --> 00:15:40.639
WE GO THROUGH ONCE A WEEK
00:15:40.707 --> 00:15:43.308
OR ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK
AND WEED,
00:15:43.376 --> 00:15:46.011
AND THEN
WHEN THEY START TO BLOOM,
00:15:46.079 --> 00:15:47.479
WE ROGUE.
00:15:47.547 --> 00:15:50.049
ROGUE -- THAT MEANS
TAKING THOSE GUYS OUT.
00:15:50.116 --> 00:15:53.085
FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW,
THAT'S A WEED
00:15:53.153 --> 00:15:56.321
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
THAT COLOR OF BULB
00:15:56.389 --> 00:15:58.624
IN OUR PINK --
IN OUR RED, SEE?
00:15:58.692 --> 00:16:02.995
SO THIS WEEK WHEN WE WEED,
WE WILL TAKE OUT ALL THE WEEDS
00:16:03.063 --> 00:16:06.298
AND WE WILL ROGUE
THE OFF-COLORED PLANTS.
00:16:06.366 --> 00:16:10.069
YEARS AGO, MY PROFESSOR
AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SAID,
00:16:10.136 --> 00:16:12.504
"A WEED
IS A PLANT OUT OF PLACE,"
00:16:12.572 --> 00:16:15.207
AND THAT YELLOW ONE
IS OUT OF PLACE.
00:16:15.275 --> 00:16:18.277
WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S FAVORITES
WHEN THEY COME HERE?
00:16:18.345 --> 00:16:22.247
WHAT'S THE STRIP HERE
THAT GETS THE MOST COMMENT?
00:16:22.315 --> 00:16:24.049
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING
00:16:24.117 --> 00:16:28.487
THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT PART
OF THE WORLD YOU COME FROM.
00:16:28.555 --> 00:16:30.255
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING
00:16:30.323 --> 00:16:33.625
THAT AMERICANS
LIKE THE BRIGHTER COLORS,
00:16:33.693 --> 00:16:38.063
AND EUROPEAN PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THE ENGLISH PEOPLE,
00:16:38.131 --> 00:16:40.132
PREFER THE MORE PASTEL.
00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:44.870
AS AN EXAMPLE, AN ENGLISH PERSON
WOULD PREFER THIS ROSE
00:16:44.938 --> 00:16:47.906
RATHER THAN THIS RED
RIGHT HERE.
00:16:47.974 --> 00:16:51.844
SO IT REALLY DEPENDS
ON WHERE YOU COME FROM.
00:16:51.911 --> 00:16:55.581
NOW, I'VE NOTICED
THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE --
00:16:55.648 --> 00:16:57.649
A LOT OF JAPANESE TOURISTS,
00:16:57.717 --> 00:17:01.387
AND THEY SEEM TO LIKE
THE YELLOWS AND THE ORANGES
00:17:01.454 --> 00:17:04.757
MORE THAN THE PINKS,
BUT THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
00:17:04.824 --> 00:17:06.291
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT --
00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:08.761
YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING HERE
FOR EVERYBODY.
00:17:08.828 --> 00:17:10.562
THAT'S THE IDEA,
ISN'T IT?
00:17:10.630 --> 00:17:12.097
WHICH ARE YOUR FAVORITES?
00:17:12.165 --> 00:17:15.234
THIS MIXTURE DOWN HERE.
WELL, LET'S ASK THESE LADIES.
00:17:15.301 --> 00:17:17.269
LADIES,
WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE?
00:17:17.337 --> 00:17:19.204
WELL, I LIKE THE BLUE.
00:17:19.272 --> 00:17:20.472
THE BLUE?
00:17:20.540 --> 00:17:22.341
YEAH, OR PURPLISH.
00:17:22.409 --> 00:17:23.976
I LIKE THEM ALL.
00:17:24.044 --> 00:17:27.012
OH, SHE'S TAKING
THE EASY WAY OUT.
00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:28.280
I LIKE THE MIXTURE.
00:17:28.348 --> 00:17:29.948
YOU LIKE THE MIXTURE, TOO.
00:17:30.016 --> 00:17:32.084
WE GOT
THREE DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
00:17:32.152 --> 00:17:34.219
LADIES,
WHICH ONES DO YOU LIKE?
00:17:34.287 --> 00:17:36.422
THE MIXTURE IS OUR FAVORITE.
00:17:36.489 --> 00:17:39.258
THE MIXTURES --
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
00:17:39.325 --> 00:17:41.927
I LOVE THEM ALL --
ALL OF THEM.
00:17:41.995 --> 00:17:43.462
I'M FROM MARYLAND.
00:17:43.530 --> 00:17:44.730
[ LAUGHS ]
00:17:44.798 --> 00:17:46.965
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN
A LOT OF THAT, TOO --
00:17:47.033 --> 00:17:49.001
PEOPLE VISITING
FROM BACK EAST
00:17:49.069 --> 00:17:51.103
OR PLACES
WHERE IT'S STILL COLD.
00:17:51.171 --> 00:17:52.705
Paul: SURE, I MEAN,
00:17:52.772 --> 00:17:55.474
THIS IS PART OF THE CHARM
OF THIS PART OF CALIFORNIA.
00:17:55.542 --> 00:17:57.776
WELL, IT'S SPRINGTIME
IN CALIFORNIA.
00:17:57.844 --> 00:17:59.812
IT IS SPRINGTIME
IN CALIFORNIA.
00:17:59.879 --> 00:18:02.648
I FOUND A LADY TAKING PICTURES
IN THE GARDEN TODAY.
00:18:02.716 --> 00:18:04.683
DID YOU COME HERE
TO TAKE PICTURES
00:18:04.751 --> 00:18:06.518
OR JUST
TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT?
00:18:06.586 --> 00:18:08.420
I CAME HERE FOR BOTH,
ACTUALLY.
00:18:08.488 --> 00:18:09.955
I BRING MY FOLKS HERE,
00:18:10.023 --> 00:18:12.658
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THAT THEY VISIT THE FIELDS.
00:18:12.726 --> 00:18:13.892
OH, REALLY?
00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:15.894
NOW, WHY DID YOU BRING
THEM HERE?
00:18:15.962 --> 00:18:18.330
WHAT DID YOU THINK
THEY WOULD ENJOY ABOUT IT?
00:18:18.398 --> 00:18:19.698
WELL, THEY LIKE NATURE,
00:18:19.766 --> 00:18:22.167
AND THIS IS
SUCH A RARE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM
00:18:22.235 --> 00:18:24.069
TO SEE SUCH BIG,
LARGE FIELDS.
00:18:24.137 --> 00:18:26.538
THEY DON'T HAVE
THE SAME TYPE OF SCALE
00:18:26.606 --> 00:18:28.007
THEY HAVE IN THE ORIENT.
00:18:28.074 --> 00:18:29.208
WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
00:18:29.275 --> 00:18:30.476
FROM TAIWAN.
00:18:30.543 --> 00:18:33.412
SO THEY DON'T HAVE FIELDS
LIKE THIS IN TAIWAN.
00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:36.882
NOT IN THE SAME SCALE --
THE LARGE SCALE LIKE THIS.
00:18:36.950 --> 00:18:38.350
IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.
00:18:38.418 --> 00:18:39.385
MA'AM?
00:18:39.452 --> 00:18:41.687
IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.
00:18:41.755 --> 00:18:43.188
VERY BEAUTIFUL.
00:18:43.256 --> 00:18:44.456
YEAH.
00:18:44.524 --> 00:18:46.125
RIGHT. RIGHT.
00:18:46.192 --> 00:18:49.228
Woman: I JUST HAPPENED TO DRIVE
BY HERE ONE DAY,
00:18:49.295 --> 00:18:52.765
AND I SAID, "WHAT IS THAT?
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS."
00:18:52.832 --> 00:18:55.267
SO, SHE LOVES TO WALK,
AND SHE LOVES FLOWERS,
00:18:55.335 --> 00:18:57.036
AND SO
THIS IS A PERFECT DAY.
00:18:57.103 --> 00:18:59.772
AND YOU'VE GOT HER
DRESSED APPROPRIATELY AS WELL.
00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:01.974
YOU'D BETTER NOT LET HER
RUN OUT HERE.
00:19:02.042 --> 00:19:03.509
YOU'D NEVER FIND HER AGAIN.
00:19:03.576 --> 00:19:05.744
SHE KEEPS TRYING
TO GET IN THE FLOWERS.
00:19:05.812 --> 00:19:08.047
SHE LOVES THEM.
SHE LIKES TO SMELL THEM.
00:19:08.114 --> 00:19:09.281
WELL, ENJOY YOUR DAY.
00:19:09.349 --> 00:19:11.784
AND THERE SHE IS --
THE LITTLEST FLOWER.
00:19:11.851 --> 00:19:13.452
SHE'S DRESSED LIKE A FLOWER
00:19:13.520 --> 00:19:15.688
STANDING
IN FRONT OF THE FLOWERS.
00:19:15.755 --> 00:19:16.989
[ LAUGHS ]
00:19:17.057 --> 00:19:19.925
NOW, YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS...
00:19:19.993 --> 00:19:21.293
TRESPASSING.
00:19:21.361 --> 00:19:23.762
...IS NOT --
THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
00:19:23.830 --> 00:19:25.798
OH, NO!
YOU CAUGHT ME!
00:19:25.865 --> 00:19:28.867
WELL, I WAS ON THE SPOT.
I WAS VERY CAREFUL, HONEST.
00:19:28.935 --> 00:19:31.503
I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO
GET BUSTED, THOUGH.
00:19:31.571 --> 00:19:34.239
YOU WANTED A PICTURE
IN THE FLOWER FIELDS.
00:19:34.307 --> 00:19:37.443
I WANTED JUST MY FACE
AND JUST NOTHING BUT FLOWERS.
00:19:37.510 --> 00:19:41.046
WELL, WE WON'T TELL ANYBODY.
WE'LL JUST SHOW THE PICTURES.
00:19:41.114 --> 00:19:42.448
THANKS A LOT!
00:19:42.515 --> 00:19:44.750
THERE SHE IS --
A LAWBREAKER, RIGHT THERE.
00:19:44.818 --> 00:19:48.987
SHE'S BREAKING THE LAW,
AND WE CAUGHT HER.
00:19:49.055 --> 00:19:51.323
[ LAUGHING ]
00:19:51.391 --> 00:19:53.092
BYE-BYE.
00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:54.860
GOODBYE!
00:19:54.928 --> 00:19:56.528
UH-OH, SHE'S POINTING.
00:19:56.596 --> 00:19:59.298
WHAT ARE YOU POINTING AT
OVER HERE?
00:19:59.366 --> 00:20:01.900
THIS FLOWER --
I LOVE THAT COLOR.
00:20:01.968 --> 00:20:03.402
THAT'S SO GORGEOUS.
00:20:03.470 --> 00:20:05.971
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
THESE FLOWERS BEFORE?
00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:09.208
YEAH, I LIVE RIGHT HERE,
AND I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER HERE
00:20:09.275 --> 00:20:11.543
TILL MY DAUGHTER VISITED
FROM IDAHO.
00:20:11.611 --> 00:20:12.878
I LIVE RIGHT HERE.
00:20:12.946 --> 00:20:15.214
I LIVE RIGHT ON THE OCEAN
IN CARLSBAD,
00:20:15.281 --> 00:20:18.384
AND I WATCH THIS FROM
MY BICYCLE RIDES ALL THE TIME,
00:20:18.451 --> 00:20:19.651
NEVER COME UP HERE.
00:20:19.719 --> 00:20:20.919
TERRIBLE, AREN'T I?
00:20:20.987 --> 00:20:22.888
DO YOU EVER GET USED TO IT?
00:20:22.956 --> 00:20:24.423
NO, IT'S TOO PRETTY.
00:20:24.491 --> 00:20:27.059
THIS KIND OF BEAUTY,
IT'S AWESOME.
00:20:27.127 --> 00:20:29.828
WE'RE STANDING
WITH A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN.
00:20:29.896 --> 00:20:32.498
THAT'S THE WAY
YOU IDENTIFIED YOURSELF.
00:20:32.565 --> 00:20:34.233
ORANGE COUNTY ALL MY LIFE,
00:20:34.300 --> 00:20:37.736
AND I'VE DRIVEN UP AND DOWN
THIS COAST FOR MANY YEARS,
00:20:37.804 --> 00:20:40.906
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
I'VE ACTUALLY STOPPED
00:20:40.974 --> 00:20:44.176
AND GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAR
AND WALKED UP THIS HILL,
00:20:44.244 --> 00:20:46.912
AND IT'S A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT FEELING.
00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:48.914
YOU JUST --
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
00:20:48.982 --> 00:20:51.517
HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE
THE FEELING TO PEOPLE?
00:20:51.584 --> 00:20:53.719
BECAUSE
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED
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THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO ADEQUATELY TELL THIS STORY
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THROUGH THE CAMERA.
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WELL, JUST THE AROMA,
THE COLOR SCHEME,
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EACH INDIVIDUAL FLOWER
YOU CAN SEE HERE --
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FROM OUT ON THE FREEWAY
THERE,
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IT JUST IS A BEAUTIFUL COLOR,
YELLOW TO ORANGE.
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IT LOOKS LIKE,
"OH, ANOTHER RAINBOW."
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BUT YOU GET UP HERE,
AND IT JUST --
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EACH LITTLE PART
THAT YOUR EYE SEES
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IS JUST
A WHOLE DAY'S WORTH --
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YOU COULD SIT
AND LOOK AT IT.
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SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
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IS THAT EVEN
A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN
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CAN LEARN SOMETHING NEW
ABOUT THEIR STATE.
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THAT'S RIGHT -- DAY BY DAY.
00:21:29.756 --> 00:21:33.192
WE GET TO THINKING THAT FREEWAY
IS ALL THAT'S HERE --
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WORK, THE FREEWAY,
A FEW AMUSEMENT PARKS --
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BUT THERE'S
SO MUCH MORE TO SEE
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IF YOU JUST GET OUT
AND WALK.
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YOU HAVE TO
GET OUT OF THOSE CARS
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NOW AND THEN IN CALIFORNIA.
[ LAUGHS ]
00:21:45.271 --> 00:21:48.774
NOW, THIS MUST BE
AN ARTIST'S DREAM OUT HERE.
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IT TRULY IS A DREAM
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IF IT ISN'T WHAT
I SAID BEFORE -- A NIGHTMARE.
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A NIGHTMARE?
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WELL, THERE'S SO MUCH COLOR,
YOU'RE JUST INUNDATED.
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SO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE --
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LOOK AT SOME OF THIS COLOR
YOU'VE ALREADY PUT DOWN.
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I'M INUNDATED!
I HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN!
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AS I GO ALONG, THERE'LL BE
MORE AND MORE COLOR.
00:22:08.294 --> 00:22:10.496
AND YOU'RE DOING
THE SAME THING --
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JUST PUTTING
BRIGHT COLORS DOWN.
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I'M JUST THROWING IT ON THERE.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH.
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IS THIS FRUSTRATING
FOR AN ARTIST OR OVERWHELMING?
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WHAT WORD WOULD YOU USE?
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YOU CAN LOOK AT IT
ANY WAY YOU WANT.
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IT'S JUST GREAT.
00:22:25.278 --> 00:22:29.448
YOU JUST SIT HERE AND ABSORB IT
AND ARE OVERWHELMED BY IT.
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IT'S GORGEOUS COLOR.
IT'S PURE COLOR.
00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:35.254
NOW, HOW DO YOU BEGIN
TO PREPARE TO PAINT
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SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
00:22:36.656 --> 00:22:38.524
WELL,
IT'S ALREADY PAINTED.
00:22:38.591 --> 00:22:40.726
ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS LOOK AT IT.
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IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL,
AND IT'S JUST INSPIRING.
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OH, IT'S WONDERFUL.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
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IT'S KIND OF HARD
TO PUT IT IN WORDS, ISN'T IT?
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YES, IT IS.
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I'D LIKE TO HAVE
A BOUQUET OF EACH COLOR.
00:22:52.906 --> 00:22:54.273
I'M GONNA WATCH YOU,
00:22:54.341 --> 00:22:57.609
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE PICKING THESE FLOWERS.
00:22:57.677 --> 00:22:58.944
I WON'T PICK ANY.
00:22:59.012 --> 00:23:00.412
WHERE'S SECURITY?
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I THINK THEY'D BETTER
TAKE A LOOK FOR YOU TWO.
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THANK YOU.
WE'RE ENJOYING IT.
00:23:06.653 --> 00:23:08.520
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE FUN!
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WE PROMISE
WE WON'T PICK ANY.
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[ LAUGHS ]
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KEEP AN EYE ON THEM.
00:23:14.861 --> 00:23:16.762
I KEEP HEARING VISITORS --
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ALL MORNING,
THEY'VE BEEN COMPARING THIS
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WITH THE TULIP FIELDS
OF HOLLAND.
00:23:22.168 --> 00:23:24.737
YOU'RE SMILING.
YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE.
00:23:24.804 --> 00:23:27.606
WELL, I'VE SEEN
THE TULIP FIELDS IN HOLLAND,
00:23:27.674 --> 00:23:30.175
I'VE SEEN THEM
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
00:23:30.243 --> 00:23:33.579
AND FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK
THERE'S MUCH OF A COMPARISON,
00:23:33.646 --> 00:23:35.347
BECAUSE THIS IS GIVING A SHOW
00:23:35.415 --> 00:23:37.783
THAT THEY CANNOT GET
WITH TULIPS...EVER.
00:23:37.851 --> 00:23:39.351
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:41.086
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUNSHINE.
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IN THE NETHERLANDS,
YOU'D BE WEARING A TOPCOAT
00:23:44.024 --> 00:23:46.792
TO SEE THE TULIP FIELDS,
AND IT'D BE RAINING.
00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:49.528
HERE, YOU'VE GOT THE BEAUTY
OF THE OUTDOORS,
00:23:49.596 --> 00:23:51.997
THE SUNSHINE,
AND SHIRT-SLEEVE WEATHER.
00:23:52.065 --> 00:23:55.534
YOU NEVER WOULD GET THAT IN
A TULIP FIELD THAT'S IN BLOOM,
00:23:55.602 --> 00:23:58.370
AND I THINK THAT THE COLORS HERE
WITH THE SUN
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GIVE YOU MUCH MORE BRILLIANCE
00:24:00.206 --> 00:24:02.541
THAN YOU'D EVER GET
IN A TULIP FIELD.
00:24:02.609 --> 00:24:05.577
I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN
A FIELD OF FLOWERS
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AS BEAUTIFUL
AS THAT RIGHT THERE.
00:24:07.814 --> 00:24:10.215
AND I THINK
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
00:24:10.283 --> 00:24:11.550
THAT IS SPECTACULAR.
00:24:11.618 --> 00:24:14.486
AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T
COMPARE IT WITH TULIPS --
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BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO THAT.
00:24:16.222 --> 00:24:18.290
THIS IS A UNIQUE,
00:24:18.358 --> 00:24:22.294
ONE-OF-A-KIND
FLORAL EXPERIENCE.
00:24:22.362 --> 00:24:23.929
WELL, WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
00:24:23.997 --> 00:24:26.131
THE GOOD LORD KNEW
WHAT HE WAS DOING, DIDN'T HE?
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PAINTED A PICTURE LIKE THIS
FOR ALL OF US GOOD PEOPLE,
00:24:29.035 --> 00:24:31.103
AND ANYONE THAT MISSES THIS
00:24:31.171 --> 00:24:34.340
IS REALLY MISSING
SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT.
00:24:34.407 --> 00:24:36.141
BEAUTIFUL -- BEAUTIFUL.
00:24:38.778 --> 00:24:41.046
YOU KNOW,
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
00:24:41.114 --> 00:24:43.349
WE HAVE TRAVELED
ALL OVER OUR STATE
00:24:43.416 --> 00:24:45.718
AND VISITED
SOME REALLY NEAT PLACES,
00:24:45.785 --> 00:24:48.187
BUT I THINK
THIS PARTICULAR ADVENTURE,
00:24:48.254 --> 00:24:51.256
WHERE WE'VE GONE IN SEARCH
OF OUR SPRING FLOWERS,
00:24:51.324 --> 00:24:53.225
HAS TO BE
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
00:24:53.293 --> 00:24:56.061
AND SPECTACULAR ADVENTURE
WE'VE EVER BEEN ON.
00:24:56.129 --> 00:24:59.331
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US
TO LEAVE THIS FIELD TODAY
00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.632
AND GO BACK HOME.
00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:03.836
AND WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT CALIFORNIA
00:25:03.903 --> 00:25:06.472
AND YOU HEAR THEM SAYING
NEGATIVE THINGS,
00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:08.907
REMIND THEM
OF THINGS LIKE THIS --
00:25:08.975 --> 00:25:12.411
THESE WONDERFUL FLOWERS
THAT COME TO US EVERY SPRING.
00:25:12.479 --> 00:25:15.114
THIS IS WHAT CALIFORNIA
IS ALL ABOUT.
00:25:15.181 --> 00:25:17.583
AND AS WE SAY GOODBYE,
AS ALWAYS,
00:25:17.650 --> 00:25:20.252
WE NOT ONLY THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US
00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:22.254
ON THIS PARTICULAR ADVENTURE,
00:25:22.322 --> 00:25:26.025
BUT INVITE YOU TO COME ON ALONG
WITH US AGAIN NEXT TIME
00:25:26.092 --> 00:25:28.594
AS WE CONTINUE
OUR SEARCH TOGETHER,
00:25:28.661 --> 00:25:32.197
ALL OVER OUR WONDERFUL STATE,
FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD.
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GOODBYE, EVERYBODY.
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