Barefoot rose planting and crown gall cautions
Garden column notes rose care including crown gall risk in weak plants. Affected roses show corky growths at the base or roots. One reader’s plant was dug up revealing a grapefruit sized root growth. after soil fumigation a new rose was planted and thrives. Another rosarian trimmed growth and bleached cuts, then replanted. The piece discusses barefoot planting season and recommends quality roses such as All America Selections Arizona Oregonol Rose Parade and describes two planting methods with compost soil bone meal sulfur and soil turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Rose Parade
Local plant club notes and garden tips from Long Beach
The Long Beach African Violet Society meets Tuesday at noon in Covenant Presbyterian Church with a pot luck lunch and a white elephant gift exchange. The Long Beach Begonia Society hosts a Sunday 1:30 p.m. meeting with installation of officers, Christmas party, and gift exchange. The North Long Beach Fuchsia Society starts its month with a 6:30 p.m. Christmas dinner at the American Legion Post with harp program, card exchange, and plant table. Also gardening tips cover soil preparation for barefoot roses, fall bulb care, and weed control methods including herbicides or cultivation.
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Long Beach
African Violet Society
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Third
Atlantic Streets
American Begonia Society
Coast Federal Savings and Loan Association
Spring St
North Long Beach
National Fuschia Society
American Legion Post
Orange Avenue
59Th Street
Harriet Wood
Christmas Cards From the Ford Family Sent Nationwide
President and Mrs. Ford begun sending Christmas cards to about 35 000 officials and friends. The card features a snowy New England farmyard and bears the message Best wishes from our family for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Washington
Ford
New England
Old Farmer's Riddle and Question From Athens Reader
The item notes a reader from Athens Alabama asking why chair caning began, after completing a chair caning class. It frames the Old Farmer's Riddle about endings and asks for the answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.A
Athens
Alabama
Judge presses Sara Moore to retract guilty plea in Ford assassination case
In San Francisco Federal District Judge Samuel Conti heard Sara Jane Moore, the former FBI informant, ask to plead guilty to the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford. Conti refused the plea, scheduled a Monday hearing, and ordered psychiatric evaluation to assess competence and potential insanity defenses.
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San Francisco
FBI
Sara Jane Moore
Gerald Ford
United States
Samuel Conti
Conti
Randolph Hearst
Patricia Hearst
San Diego
Robert Jack Eardley
Springfield
Mo.) Federal Medical Center
Three Suspects Sought in Knight Murder Case
Philadelphia and federal authorities hunted Salvatore Soli as the main suspect after John Knight III was found shot dead in his apartment. Steven Maleno surrendered, Tsai Melendez was found dead near Pine Hill, while Soli was linked to flight to New Jersey and motel stays before warrants were issued.
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Philadelphia
John
Knight III
FBI
Salvatore Soli
New Jersey
Soli
Bellmawr
Knight
Steven Malono
Tsai Felix Melendez
Pine Hill
Tullio Leompurra
Joseph O'Neill
Maleno
Anthony
Anthony Maleno
Robert
Anthony Jr
Steven
Melendez
Pine Hill Country Club
James Legrande
Camden County
Malone
Bellmanr Motor Inn
Israel Patel
Pennsylvania
The
Philadelphia Daily News
John S. Knight
Knight-Ridder Newspapers Inc
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Miriam Steel
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Green House
SUN
Kitano
Orangethorpe
Atlantic Ave
LA Palma
Long Beach Compton PA
Carmer
Napoleon
Josephine
Ben Franklin
Richard
Missouri
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OLD Farmer's Weather Forecasts
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California
Yankee, Inc
Dublin
Sara Moore
James Hewitt
Moore
Castro
Allende
Lumumba
Black Panther
Fred Hampton
George Jackson
Attica
Old Knight
Patel
Joe Palucci
Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
Malono
Rosemary McKinnon
Steven Maleno
Independent Press-Telegram
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