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The Pinon Story...
If green chile is dear to the hearts and
stomachs of all New Mexicans, the Pinon is dear to their souls. This
beautiful tree is a thread in the social fabric of all who have shared
the high desert area. Two hundred and fifty years before the American
colonies won their independence, the Spanish adventurer, healer, and
lost wanderer, Cabeza de Vaca, named the Pinon and wrote the first words
recorded of our cherished state tree. "There are in that country,
small pine trees and the cones are like small eggs, but the seeds are
better than those of Castille."
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