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MARK HARRISON / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Plenty of asparagus, few workers to pick it

Adrian Hernandez picks asparagus with his wife, Cerecita Diaz, right, and mother, Hilda Hernandez. Washington asparagus growers expanded their acreage and produced an exceptional crop this year, but 10 percent stayed in the ground for lack of enough workers to harvest it.