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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:51, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Blackcurrant production in the United States

Fruits of the blackcurrant
Fruits of the blackcurrant
Skittles
Skittles
  • ... that blackcurrant production in the United States was banned for more than 50 years? "The federal government had banned the growing of black and red currants in 1911 ... in 1966 the government left it up to the states to lift the ban" from McGlynn, Patricia (July 26, 2006). "Welcome back black currants: Forbidden fruit making a comeback in New York". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 1 June 2020. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 05:00, 2 June 2020 (UTC).

  • Reviewing...new enough, long enough, no copyvio issues. Hooks interesting, QPQ done. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 13:32, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
  • (ec) I'll let you finish this one, Whispyhistory, but we must promote ALT2 with the image! Yoninah (talk) 13:36, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
to ALT2 and associated image, which is by far the most interesting hook. Image free, hook in article followed by inline citation. It would be good to find out if the skittles producers mention the grape/current flavour. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:08, 3 June 2020 (UTC)