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3111 Dever Court | 4 Bedrooms + 3.5 Baths | $472,500
this Charleston style
custom home is
located in the desirable
neighborhood of
Demarest Village —
just off Middle Sound
loop with mature
trees and sidewalks,
a park, playground
and community pool.
this home features a
beautifully landscaped
backyard with a
screened porch, custom
deck and outdoor
fireplace for family
gatherings. Features
include real hardwoods,
gourmet kitchen, open
floor plan, 3 bedrooms
plus Frog that could be
a 4th bedroom or bonus
room with a full bath.
this neighborhood is the
true sense of community
and just minutes to
Wrightsville Beach and
shopping at Mayfaire.
BarBara Pugh
realtor®/Broker
910.520.2945
www.barbarapugh.com
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a ripe D E B AT E
In 2001, the scuppernong was named the official North
Carolina state fruit.
The selection,
however, was an
extremely long and
contentious process.
It began when a
class of fourth-grad-ers
from Tommy’s
Road Elementary
School in Wayne
County petitioned
for the strawberry
to become the
official state fruit
and won the back-ing
of the North
Golden scuppernongs and purple
muscadines from Eden’s Produce
and Hanchey’s Fresh Produce,
purchased at the Wrightsville
Beach Farmers’ Market.
Carolina House of
Representatives.
However, fourth-
and fifth-graders from Manteo Elementary School
in Dare County, backed by Sen. Fountain Odom of
Mecklenburg, countered with a proposal to make the
scuppernong grape the state fruit.
The Senate proposed a compromise, making the scup-pernong
grape the state fruit and the blueberry and straw-berry
the state berries.
all-american S U P E R F OOD
Muscadine grapes are among the most super of super-fruits.
They thrive in climates and conditions that would
kill most European grapes. Muscadines naturally develop
an extra chromosome (other grapes have 19, muscadines
have 20) allowing the grapes to defend themselves in dif-ficult
growing conditions.
They proactively pass those fighting, defensive capabili-ties
on to the person eating the grapes in the form of anti-oxidants.
These great American heirloom fruits have more
antioxidants than the likes of açai berries, mangosteens,
pomegranates and goji berries.
They also produce a special acid called ellagic acid,
recently shown to reduce fatty acid in the liver (a major
cause of obesity). It’s also being studied for its anti-cancer
and tumor-fighting abilities. The National Institute of
Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
found muscadine grapes inhibited the growth of prostate
cancer cells.
PHOTO BY ALLISON POTTER