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Ohio Agriculture Officials Worry about Invasive Apple of Peru Weeds.

By Jane Schmucker, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 4--Apple of Peru produces a winsome trumpet-shaped flower.

It can be such an effective insect repellant it has been dubbed "shoo-fly." A tea made from its leaves can be a rinse for head lice, according to plant guides.

But scientists who first spotted it in Sandusky and Seneca county farm fields several years ago are worried.

Apple of Peru has a very shady side. A single plant can grow to 7 feet tall, with a six-feet-wide leaf spread. When even a few

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