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.
With summer approaching, you should be on your guard for a new crop of deer ticks and the diseases they can carry, such as Lyme, which affects about 300,000 people in the U.S. each year and is increasing significantly, according to tick experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.