Geography/History. The original Russet Burbank potato clone was discovered in the 1870s by Luther Burbank and originally called Burbank's Seedling. It developed from a first generation seedling of an open-pollinated cultivar Early Rose in Massachusetts.
Ticks are active whenever the temperature is consistently above 40Â° F (5Â° C). That means that for much of the U.S. and Canada, the chance of your pet picking up a tick is very small from November through April. Unfortunately, in warmer areas, there is a significant risk year round.icks are active whenever the temperature is consistently above 40Â° F (5Â° C). That means that for much of the U.S. and Canada, the chance of your pet picking up a tick is very small from November through April. Unfortunately, in warmer areas, there is a significant risk year round.
Some species of ticks will crawl several feet toward a host. Ticks can be active on winter days when the ground temperatures are about 45o Fahrenheit. There are two groups of ticks, sometimes called the âhardâ ticks and âsoftâ ticks. Hard ticks, like the common dog tick, have a hard shield just behind the mouthparts (sometimes incorrectly called the âheadâ); unfed hard ticks are shaped like a flat seed.