Delayed Dormant Spray Guidance for Peaches and Apples
The first spring spray for peaches and apples is the delayed dormant spray to control scale insects aphids and plant lice. Extension entomologist C H Brannon advises applying before bud swell, notes oil sprays improve scale control and ease of use, and recommends sources for authoritative spray information and publications.
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C. H. Brannon
North Carolina State College
Brannon
G. W. Fant
State College
Pruning Moderately for Neglected Fruit Trees
Orchard guidance advises moderate pruning after long neglect. Do not remove limbs over one and a half inches often. selective thinning in the top and center aids sunlight and air penetration. Heavy pruning risks imbalanced growth and water sprouts, harming future fruit development.
Control Codling Moth by Arsenical Poison
The Pacific Northwest leads in codling moth control with extensive spraying gear. Increasing use of lead arsenate raises residue concerns. Efforts last season aimed to reduce arsenate amounts while maintaining effective control.
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Pacific Northwest
Southern slope best for early colored fruit production
A southern exposure avoids frost danger and yields early and highly colored fruit. The exposure promotes earlier tree growth in spring and a longer hotter growing season, enabling earlier harvest of vivid fruit.
Franklin as Apostle of Modern Times summarized by Fay
The French scholar Bernard Fay offers a new comprehensive biography of Benjamin Franklin based on 600 unpublished letters and new documents. He portrays Franklin as the first bourgeois of the modern world, a man whose science, politics and philosophy shaped an era beyond national confines.
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Benjamin Franklin
France
Franklin
Bernard Fay
Little, Brown and Company
Boston
Fay
Richard
Ted
Professor Fay
Jesus
Portraits of Benjamin Franklin in Paris era highlights
A 1783 Paris painting by Duplessis, owned by the New York Public Library, depicts Franklin at seventy seven. A January 17 1929 ceremony in Paris honors Franklin’s birthday with American Legion wreaths near the Troca dero. Also noted is the Fur Cap portrait from 1777 and Franklin’s admired persona in France. Benjamin Franklin Bache Huntington, descendant, places a wreath in Philadelphia on the same date.
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Franklin
Paris
Joseph Siffred Duplessis
New York Public Library
Daniel R. Gibbs
Benjamin Franklin Post
American Legion
Trocadero
Richard
Legion Post
France
Desrayes
Lebeau
Nantes
Passy
Apostle
Bernard Fay
Little, Brown and Company
Franklin Bache Huntington
New York
Benjamin Franklin
President Coolidge
Philadelphia
Polo KITCHEN park Polo KITCHEN park
A clipped quotation from 1929 published by the Western Newspaper Union emphasizes service as the path to happiness. It links service to industry thrift respect for authority and recognition of others rights.
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Western Newspaper Union
W. G. Sibley
Stuffed baked potatoes and cabbage salad with flavored cream
This and that recipe notes stuffed baked potatoes baked, mashed and topped with butter, and sautéed cabbage salad with pineapple celery dressing and whipped cream. Plum pudding uses flour, spices, suet and raisins with citrus glaze hard sauce, steamed in molds.
Seasonable Good Things Cranberry Recipes
Seasonal cranberry dishes and related sauces are outlined with simple steps. Cranberry sauce and jelly methods, cranberry pudding and creamy sauce, relish ideas with apples oranges and nuts, plus an orange cake filling using cornstarch and egg yolk for a period kitchen audience.
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Elmo Scott Watson
London
Benjamin Frankin
Denmark
America
Pennsylvania
Penns
Polo Kitchen Park
Misty Marshes
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