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Some are sceptical that apples cultivated in hot areas will ever be a commercial proposition.

Once known as the alligator pear, the avocado traces its history to southern Mexico, where the fruit, according to some experts, was first cultivated about 5,000 years ago.

The roster has been carefully cultivated, players have been methodically groomed; broadcast contracts have been negotiated and sponsorships signed, all in the hopes of the U.S. making a deep run next summer.

His obsession with the stage was cultivated at a youth theater company.

“It’s a certain kind of grit that gets cultivated, navigating these streets, and that grit carried me farther than I could ever imagine.”