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Small flowers that grow on the branches of certain trees and that, as they mature, shed their petals and become the tree's crop. One tree can have several thousand of these small flowers. The question is?

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Willys Peck

Saratoga in the Form of a Question

Far be it from me to flirt with copyright infringement, as I don't want to put this publication in any jeopardy. However, that word suggests a certain quiz game, and since the playing of games fits in with the spirit of the holiday season, here is one that this column's readers--both of them--might enjoy.

The contestant chooses a topic, then is presented with the answer to a question. The contestant must then frame the correct question. In this version, the overall topic is Saratoga and, for whatever it's worth, all of the questions-as-answers have been covered in this column at one time or another. The answers will be listed first, and the questions will be at the end of the column.

ANSWERS (Questions)

1. A series of trees, planted in rows, capable of producing deciduous fruits or nuts.

2. Small flowers that grow on the branches of certain trees and that, as they mature, shed their petals and become the tree's crop. One tree can have several thousand of these small flowers.

3. Bank Mills.

4. Redwood Middle School.

5. A prominent vintner, born in 1859, who, by a reasonable interpretation of the state historical marker on his former property behind Saratoga, was producing wine seven years before he was born.

6. Lumber Street.

7. People who regard Saratoga as quaint, picturesque, even rural.

8. A farsighted, dynamic individual who is dedicated to the proposition that every piece of vacant ground is a potential residential or commercial building site, thereby producing great entrepreneurial profits.

9. Formerly an institution, several of which were located here, giving the town an element of class and serving the needs of visitors who appreciated the atmosphere and ambiance; today regarded as creeping commercialism, the thin edge of the wedge of undesirable uses, to be avoided at all costs.

10. A cynical, sardonic, petulant old man who is not very convincing in denying that he lives in the past.

QUESTIONS (Answers)

1. What is an orchard?

2. What are blossoms?

3. What was the town's name between the times it was McCartysville and Saratoga?

4. What is now situated on the site of the old Saratoga sewer farm?

5. Who was Paul Masson?

6. What was the former name of what is now Saratoga's Big Basin Way?

7. What are tourists?

8. What is a developer?

9. What is a bed and breakfast?

10. Who is the writer of this column?

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