Carroll County Environmental Awareness Awards Nomination Call
The Carroll County Office of Environmental Services seeks nominees for the third Environmental Awareness Awards honoring citizens institutions and businesses for environmental protection and conservation. Nominations for 1993 are due by Monday February 22 with three finalists to be announced in April around Earth Day. Send letters naming the nominee and reason to the Carroll County Office at 225 North Center Street Westminster 21157 or call Brenda Black at 410 857 8123 for details.
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Carroll County Office of Environmental Services
North Center Street
Westminster
Brenda Black
Carroll County Adopts Forest Conservation Manual
The Carroll County Forest Conservation Ordinance now includes a Forest Conservation Manual adopted by the county commissioners. It guides stand delineations, forest retention, and afforestation methods. The manual costs $26.25, available weekdays at the Office of Environmental Services Westminster. Call Brenda Black at 410 857 8123 for details.
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Carroll County
Carroll County Office of Environmental Services
North Center Street
Westminster
Carroll County Commissioners
Brenda Black
USDA tests altered plum trees for plum pox resistance
USDA scientists inserted a gene from the papaya ringspot virus into 36 plum trees planted on a half acre plot in Kearneysville West Virginia to test resistance to plum pox virus now affecting European orchards. Field tests follow strict federal guidelines, with future infection tests planned in France to verify resistance.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Europe
Ralph Scorza
Kearneysville
W.va
Scorza
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
United States
Soviet Union
Mr. Scorza
France
Cornell University
Upjohn Company
ARS
Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
U.S
England
Germany
Greece
Italy
Medicines from the garden offer cancer and other remedies
The piece surveys plants that may yield medicines beyond pacific yew taxol, notes Hicks yew and prickly pear as potential sources, highlights coneflowers mayapple and herbs like chamomile ginger and garlic, warns of risks, and cites Herb Society cautions while urging continued research.
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America
Germany
Prairies
United States
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Herb Society of America
Plum trees need proper pollination for fruit set
Winter gardening Q and A explains plums often fail to set fruit due to inadequate pollination. Most plums need a similar variety as a pollinator, preferably Japanese or prune types with overlapping bloom times to ensure cross pollination. It also warns that trenching near a tree harms feeder roots, reducing the tree’s life support.
January carnation in floristry and folklore history
The note outlines a plan to revive the Winter Garden Flower of the Month series in 1993 focusing on the January carnation. It traces Dianthus caryophyllus origins in southern Europe, its medieval and Victorian flower language, diverse names like gilliflowers, Sops of Wine, and the symbolic meanings from red to white, and its association with freedom and affection.
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Winter Garden
Florists
Europe
England
Chaucer
Edward Tit
Edward IV
Theophrastus
Amelie
Genetic study aims to explain striped bass decline
Researchers Reginal Harrell and Bert Ely examine hybridization between striped bass and hybrids to determine if genetic introgression is diluting pure striped bass in Chesapeake Bay. Using DNA probes, they seek markers to distinguish pure stock from hybrids, aiding brood stock purity and population conservation.
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Mid
North Atlantic
Maryland
Reginal Harrell
Bert Ely
Chesapeake Bay
Herrell
University of Maryland System
Center For
Cambridge
Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station
Ely
University of South Carolina
Bay
Herel
Berrell
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Judy Johnson
Frederick
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