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additional nitrogen and phosphate applications did not benefit
the jojoba plants on Turtleback I.11 Consequently, HJI
discovered that it would not need to incur costs relating to the
application of those additional nutrients to jojoba grown on
Turtleback I. As a result of the jojoba leaf tissue analyses,
HJI also learned that the appropriate nutrient levels for a
jojoba plant varied seasonally. HJI continued the nutrient field
testing on the jojoba plants on Turtleback I beyond December 31,
1986, the expiration date for the R & D Agreement.
In July 1986, HJI and JDP executed an agreement regarding
the option and joint venture agreement in which both parties
expressed their consensus that the jojoba growing on Turtleback I
could be farmed on a commercial basis and that Turtleback I
should be converted to a commercial jojoba plantation.
Subsequently, on September 11, 1986, Whittaker notified JDP that
HJI had exercised its option to convert Turtleback I to a
commercial farm and form Turtleback Jojoba Venture with JDP
pursuant to the option and joint venture agreement. During 1987
and 1988, HJI operated Turtleback I as a commercial jojoba
11 Dr. Eberhardt gave reports on the nutrient tests at various
meetings of the Jojoba Growers Assoc. In addition, during Jan.
1988, he presented an article at the seventh international
conference on jojoba, held in Phoenix, Ariz., in which he relied
on information gathered from the leaf analyses of jojoba plants
grown on the Hyder Jojoba plantations. As a result, that
information is now being used as a guide or baseline for
determining the health of jojoba plants grown in other parts of
the world.
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