Dahlias and fall blooms charm cool season gardens
Perennial asters and mums join the dahlia display as Marcus Maxon notes a return of color in Bever Park gardens. Ed Monilaw’s yard at 2244 First Avenue NE features spectacular dahlias grown from Ballego roots, with varieties in several classes and notable big blooms up to 12 inches across.
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Marcus Maxon
Bever Park
Jers
Evs
Gus
Ed Manilaw
First Avenue NE
Ballego
Leiden
Holland
Nurse Trees Back to Good Health Now
CHAPPAQUA N Y special correspondent reports a harsh year for trees and shrubs across the nation urging readers to inspect shade trees for dead branches and prune with clean cuts. For small wounds apply tree paint or shellac, larger cuts use creosote based paint or Bordeaux mixture paste. major repairs require a tree surgeon.
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Chappaqua
N. Y
Drouth
Tree feeding and maintenance methods for large and small trees
The article explains tree care from feeding with fertilizer to methods for large trees using a crowbar and sledge hammer. It covers fertilizer formulas like 10-8-6 or 12-6-4, timing in late spring, and warns against summer feeding to avoid premature growth. It ends with a list of local remodeling and dwelling projects with addresses and dollar amounts.
Building Permits Continued from Page 15
Building permit entries list various structures and costs including a dwelling at 656 Eighteenth Street SE for 309 dollars and a new garage at 3730 G Avenue NE for 2000 dollars. Other permits cover reroofing, remodeling, and partial reroofing across multiple streets, naming owners such as Robert Flory, John T. Sheets, Coe College, Henry Teahen, Harry Martin, Charles Dorwood, Gerald Clark, Glen D. Armstrong, Mrs. E. W. Steffen, and John Oetmann with modest sums for each project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighteenth Street
Robert Flory
G Avenue
John T. Sheets
Indiana Street
Coe College
B Avenue
Henry Teahen
First Avenue
Harry Martin
Charles Dorwood
Park Avenue SE
Gerald Clark
Tenth Street
Glen D. Armstrong
Ogee
Sixth Street
E. W. Steffen
L Avenue NE
John Oetmann
Home wading pools need frequent scrubbing and rinsing
Parents should drain plastic pools for children and wash the sides and bottom with hot suds. After cleaning, rinse with a hose and refill with clean water to ensure safe play areas.
Fall Flower Show at Dubuque District II October 9
The Dubuque Grandview Methodist church hosts the District II Fall Flower Show on October 9 with 27 member clubs from Northeast Iowa. Hosted by Dubuque Civic Garden club chaired by James Beall and Mrs. F. Earl Taylor as district chairwoman, the event runs 8 to 10 am entries, public viewing 4 to 8 pm, slides lectures by Willard Farr and Mrs. Lynn Fulton, with Prof. A. E. Cott from Iowa State College speaking in the afternoon.
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Dubuque
Grandview Methodist Church
Grandview
Bennett Avenues
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Willard Farr
Lynn Fulton
A. E. Cott
Iowa State College
Bridal Wreath Spirea Species Count in U S Grows
About 50 species of Spirea, or Bridal Wreath, exist in the United States according to the American Association of Nurserymen.
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United States
American Association of Nurserymen
Varieties of butternuts named for sale
Several varieties of butternuts have been named and propagated including the Weschcke Sherwood Buckley Cruxery and Edge. The Sherwood is very early Buckley produces very large nuts while Weschcke and Cruxery yield heavy crops. The Edge has large nuts and cracks easily but needs a long season to mature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlias
Pop Harris
Expert Says Nation's Color Tastes Improve
Mel Gray, a leading West Coast color-stylist, asserts national taste is improving with a trend toward low key colors. He notes soft pastels in monochromatic schemes and harmonizing browns and beiges for development homes in California.
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Mel Gray
West Coast
Gray
California
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Gazette
Bob Kerns
American Dahlia Society
Arthur, Godfrey
Hester Pape
Mary Elizabeth
Arthur Godfrey
Autumn
Jon
Whitehall
Kathleen Norris
Kidd
Ed Monhilaw
Croydon
20Th ST. Dr
Garden Mart
Dept
Keo Way
Des Moines
Towa
Amt
Barrier Building Materials, Inc
19Th St. NE
Ing
Fourteenth Street
Donald Jelinek
Wilson Avenue
Chevrl Rutledge
Johnson Road
Albert Owens
Twenty-second Avenue
John Sagers
Heth
Thirty-fourth Street
Richard Keenan
R. D. Wilson
Second Avenue
Frank John Jekerle
Thirtieth Street
Carlyn L. Thorsen
Adean
Center Point Road
G. B. Shakespeare
E Avenue
Bernard Erger
Fifteenth Avenue
William B. Green
Circle Drive
Milo Kennedy
Oak Road
Glenn Barr, Jr
Eighteenth Avenue
Milford Ebel
Lauren Drive
George E. Powers
Nineteenth Avenue
Kenneth Beach
Forty-eighth Street
50Th Street
Hiawatha Nursery
Kcrg-Tv
Center Point Rd
Tulips
Linn County Nurseries
Center Point
Greentree Nursery
Old Hwy
Mt. Vernon Rd
Baumhoefener's
Johnson Ave
Hoover School
M. W. Freese
Marion, R
Cape Size
BOB Neprash Nursery
Trae
Iawa
Northwood Knolls
Northwood Dr. N.E
Riteway Builders
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