Gooseberries: pruning and propagation guide from orchard notes
Gooseberries are hardy bush fruits best at age two to six years. Proper pruning keeps young wood for fruit. heavy midsection pruning prevents dense, unfruitful canes. Best practice is renewing plantation every five to six years. plants root easily from old canes or cuttings, with regional shipping limits and early spring planting advised.
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Mississippi
Middle West
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arlington and area residents attend events and a funeral
West Newton visitors attend a Westland commencement where a son Joseph Alexander graduates. Families from Indianapolis Knightstown and Clay ton visit and share Sundays. A long obituary for Ella J. Alsman describes her life, marriage, children, church work, and devotion to family ending with a poetic farewell.
Light Pruning Boosts Apple Yields at Ohio Station
Data from the Ohio experiment station shows lighter pruning methods produce larger trees and higher yields. In a nine year orchard with four varieties, Black Ben Davis topped 1924 yields, followed by Stayman Winesap, Wilson Red June, and Baldwin. Light corrective pruning yielded best growth with minimal labor, while heavy pruning reduced production.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Ohio Station
Ben Davis
Stayman Winesap
Wilson Red
Baldwin
Origin of Bartlett Pear in California History
Colonists from England brought the Barnlett pear to America in colonial times. Missionaries moving from Mexico into California carried pear trees, and pears sold to forty-niners during the gold rush, opening California to this popular fruit. The old mission trees grafted with modern varieties gave California its first taste of Eastern pear varieties.
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England
Mexico
California
Mission Gardens
Public Library Notes Focus on Books and Exhibits
The library features a fine book of college stories for boys It Happened at Andover and Rolling Acres. Miss Reed 2nd grade teacher presents an exhibit of pupil drawings and free hand work inviting public viewing. Certificates planned for pupils completing outside reading. Bible School class No 5 from the Christian Church planted shrubbery on the library lawn assisted by Walter Newsom.
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Andover
Rolling Acres
Bible School
The
Christian Church
Walter Newsom
Social notes from J. W. Moore & Son’s Garage
Batteries charged at the shop. Mr and Mrs Earl Hill of Anderson visited his parents Mr and Mrs R C Hill. Mrs R D Hiatt and daughter Ethel and Mr and Mrs Bert Poston of New Castle spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs A J Carr.
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J. W. Moore & Son
Earl 9. Hill
Anderson
R. C. Hill
R. D. Hiatt
Ethel
Bert Poston
New Castle
A. J. Carr
Appreciation for kindness after loss of wife and mother
The family led by William Alsman thank friends for acts of sympathy during illness and after the death of their wife and mother, and for the floral remembrances.
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William Alsman
Wertman-Gosman Marriage License Issued in Indiana
A marriage license was issued to William J. Wertman, a clerk in Indianapolis, and Serene Gosman of Carthage. Mr and Mrs Robert Reeves of Greenfield and Mr and Mrs Robert Watling of Middletown visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs J Butler Hill.
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Alva E. Newsom
Fred Sohn
Knightstown
Robinson
Greenfield
George Gray
Indianapolis
William J. Wertman
Serene Gosman
Carthage
Robert Reeves
Robert Watling
Middletown
J. Butler Hill
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F. M. Miller
Howard E. Henley
Indiana
W. O. Moore
Ind
Lawrence Lindamood
West Newton
Westland
Joseph
Lindamood
Joseph Alexander
Maurice Alexander
Jeff Leisure
Charles Nardloh
Spiceland
Josephine Overman
Brooks
Lucile Buis
Holtsclaw
Clayton
Frank Overman
Ed Retherford
Lee
George Apple
McClellan Apple
Center Township
Charles Ratliff
Albert L. Johnson
John M. Binford
Percy J. Binford
Harry Frye
Arthur Bitner
Margaret
Columbus
Miss Bitner
Arlington High School
Riley Earnest
Elmer Earnest
Ella J. Spencer
John
Hannah Spencer
Arlington
America
Alice
Morton
Elia
Wm. Arnett
William H. Alsman
John M
James A
Myrtle
Marie
Charles
Norma
Mary Kathleen
Christian Union Church
Sell’s Chapel
Higgins
M. E. Church
Beck
France
Rohm & Hauk
Morristown
P. J. Sattler
John H. Kiplinger
Abercrombie
Rushville
William J. Henley
Donald L. Smith
Rushville, Indiana
Earl C. Nowotne
Schrichte
S. Main
Thomas H. Stout
Arlington, Ind
O. C. McCarty
Johnson’s Meat Market
Louis C. Lambert
Rushville. Ind
Public Library Notes
Eeee Outs
Eal Cats
Ceive
Bauer & Black
O. C. McCarty Druggist
Anaconda Sales Company
West Washington Street
Chicago, NL
V. W. Norris & Son
Rush County
C.S. Walters
Knightstown, Ind
N. Adams St
A. J.carr Machine and Electric Co
West Mill and Market Sts
Midwest
Hutchinson & Son
North Main Street
R. A
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