The ability to see things up close deteriorates gradually with aging.
Bear in mind that your situation may change, especially if your parent's health deteriorates.
Four or five annual crops grow from one plant, but not more than three can be marketed, unless locally, as the product deteriorates.
The white potato, known as " batata inglez " (English potato), is grown in elevated localities, but it deteriorates so greatly after the first planting that fresh imported seed is necessary every second or third year.
No crop, it is pointed out, responds so readily to breeding as tobacco, or deteriorates more rapidly, as regards both yield and quality, if neglected.
