Helen Duckworth and Tom Arnold Win Jefferson Garden Contest
Helen Duckworth wins the Jefferson Raritan Club large garden contest with a 72 by 48 foot plot featuring pumpkins, corn, beans and a pink tomato, while Tom Arnold takes first in small category with a 75 by 30 foot garden. Judges emphasize plant health, varieties, timing, and garden upkeep. prizes total 80 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Duckworth
Tom Arnold
Jefferson Garden
Ted
Jefferson
Rudy Lovell
Arnold
Puffinberger named assistant secretary of Maryland agriculture
Dr Charles W Puffinberger named by Agriculture Secretary Wayne A Cowley Jr to head MDA office of plant industries and pest management. He assumed post July 1 replacing Dr Robert Altman. A native of Little Orleans Allegany County Md he joined MDA December 1973 as an entomologist and rose to state plant pathologist acting chief of plant protection and later full chief. He holds BS MS and PhD from University of Maryland and has led pest control and virus free plant certification programs boosting Maryland stock quality.
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Charles W. Puffinberger
Maryland
Secretary of Agriculture
Wayne A. Cowley Jr
Wetary Department of Agriculture
MDA
Robert M. Altman
Little Orleans
Allegany County
Puffinberger
Flintstone High School
University of Maryland
USDA
Washington, D.C
Upper Marlboro
Maryland Agricultural Experiment Staton
MAES
Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
MCES
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Advance Agroutrs Groupe
Wil
al Agriculture Groups
Claude G. McKee
McEs Tobacco
McKee
Puffinberger How
Frederick County
Farm Safety Week
Rocky Ridge
Maryland State Police
Cindi Lamb
Mothers Against
Marshall Conests
Ryan Zimmerman
Walkersville
Jane Smith
Garden contest winner in Jefferson area featured
Green-thumbers Helen Duckworth of Springview Court near Jefferson won first prize in the garden category of a local garden contest sponsored by the Jefferson Waritan Club. Her son Bria Adam, nearly three, helped water tomato plants and vegetables in the photo by Kurt Holter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Duckworth
Springview Court
Jefferson
Jefferson Waritan Club
Bria Adam
Kurt Holter
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Larry Jones
Maurice Dade
Roy Carpenter
Vege Floyd
David Fert
Wisoers
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Jim Riggs
Charles H. Summers
Lovell
Ama Garden
Ap Raritan Gab
Jefferson Fikes
Town
C. Kart Helter
Dr. Puffinberger
Betty Tollefson
Minnesota
Bowie
Jason
Guernsey
Frederick Fair Grounds
New Market Grange Hall
Farm Bureau County Exchange
Jefferson County
W. Va
Farm Bureau
Pinceliff Park
Rocky Ridge Fore Hall
Eastalco
Sperry
New Holland
Ceresville
Liberty Road
Frederick
The
Fridentk News
Bockr
Bresbeer
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Brenden von Ferg
Soyrtee
Uae
Miekke
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Middletown
Woodsboro, Pd
Auagust
Mt. Airy
Southern States
Valley Co-Op
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