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The former Farmer house today. The rock foundation is all that remains of the greenhouse. But dad’s sequoia, seen behind the house, lives on. -
Dad’s favorite: a sickly sweet milk-chocolate-covered maraschino cherry immersed in hot pink syrup. -
James Lee Farmer as a toddler in South Gate, California. -
James Lee Farmer as Mr. Math. -
James Lee Farmer newly wed to Gladys Clark Farmer. -
Grandpa Clark gardening in Provo, Utah. -
Grandpa Farmer working in South Gate, California. -
Farmer children Rachel, Jared and Deborah. -
James with his scion fig. -
The greenhouse in its glory days.
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Photos: My father the Californian
by Jared Farmer, High Country News
September 15, 2014
