What Christmas tree fits your Vermont home
In Vermont, locals debate tree types from balsam fir to white spruce, noting balsam’s aroma and needle retention, Scotch pine’s growth and trunk, and the common sharp needle spruce varieties. The piece highlights local fresh-cut trees, flexible choices, and the regional preference for locally grown options, with Santa still loving all of them.
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Vermont
Norway
Big City
Santa Claus
Boston
Salem
Vermont Department of Agriculture
Montpelier
Houseplant pests can be controlled
University of Vermont entomologist Dr Gordon Nielsen outlines common indoor pests like aphids mealybugs whiteflies and scales that can attack plants moved indoors after summer. He advises prevention early inspection of new plants and sterilized soil plus repeated insecticide or dip treatments and even alcohol application for light mealybug or aphid infestations.
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Burlington
Gordon Nielsen
University of Vermont
Nielsen
Mulching and mounding aid winter protection for roses
Vermont researchers say winter hardiness of hybrid roses is not guaranteed but mulching and mounding improve survival in northern climates. Dr. Norman Pellett of the University of Vermont notes risks include severe cold, freeze thaw cycles, stem drying, ice and snow damage, and animal digging.
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Burlington
Norman Pellett
University of Vermont
Vermont
Government pursues alternative energy for feed drying
ERDA and USDA ARS explore solar and microwave vacuum drying to cut farm use of propane and natural gas during the fall corn harvest. Solar drying faces cost and reliability hurdles, while the microwave vacuum dryer, built by McDonnell-Douglas for grain use, aims for energy efficiency and electric operation by 1979.
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Washington
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
ARS
McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
McDonnell-Douglas
Aeroglide Corporation
Raleigh
N.C
Tifton
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