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Poinsettias Eighty-percent of the world's poinsettias are grown at one ranch in Encinitas, California. Noah talks with Paul Ecke III -- CEO of Paul Ecke Ranch -- about the history and breeding of the popular holiday flower. The Ecke family has grown the tropical American shrub for ninety years.

Poinsettias

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Poinsettias

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Eighty-percent of the world's poinsettias are grown at one ranch in Encinitas, California. Noah talks with Paul Ecke III — CEO of Paul Ecke Ranch — about the history and breeding of the popular holiday flower. The Ecke family has grown the tropical American shrub for ninety years.

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