Garden news Members get free trees
Ten free Colorado blue spruce trees will be given to each person joining the National Arbor Day Foundation during March as part of the Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid for planting between March and May 31 and are guaranteed to grow or be replaced.
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National Arbor Day Foundation
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Trees For America
John Rosenow
Taskers Chance Garden Club February Meeting Host
Mrs William Simmons hosted the February meeting of the Taskers Chance Garden Club Peggy O Neill Briddel demonstrated a wreath and a swag made with air dried flowers from her Libertytown garden She recommended The Complete Book of Everlastings by Mark and Terry Silber as a guide The March meeting will be at Mrs William Rhoads home
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Wiliam Simmons
Taskers Chance Garden Club
Peggy O'Neill
Water Plant Tours Offered By Silver Fancy Garden Club
The Silver Fancy Garden Club sponsors two free bus tours of Emmitsburg and Taneytown water and sewage treatment facilities on Saturday April 13. Taneytown tour led by Neil Powell from 9 30 a m to 12 45 p m departs Taneytown Library Grand Drive. Emmitsburg tour led by Duke Mart from 1 to 4 p m departs Emmitsburg Library South Seton Avenue.
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Silver Fancy Garden Club
Emmitsburg
Taneytown
Tom Miller
Neil Powell
Grand Drive
Duke Mart
Seton Avenue
Lawnmower Invention Sparks Middle Class Lawn Boom
Edwin Beard Budding’s 1830 mowing machine helped lawns expand beyond aristocracy into middle class gardens. By the 1980s, about 60 percent of U.S. households had lawns, with technology from cast iron drums to motorized mowers broadening access and popularizing grass cycling.
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U.S
Gallup Organization
United States
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Persia
Europe
America
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Washington’s
Mall
New York City
Central Park
Budding
Ransome’s
Ipswich
Edwin George
Christopher Thacker
Queen Victoria
Jane Loudon
Beeton
New Cucumber, Tomato, and Flower Varieties Debut for Gardeners
Petoseed and University of Arkansas release H-19 Little Leaf pickling cucumber with 62 days to harvest and high yield. Petoseed reports 408 tomato varieties in trials including First Lady. Stark Bros marks 175th birthday with new cpples Red Fuji and Mutsu, plus berry hybrids and currant gooseberry cross. Tomato Growers Supply offers over 180 tomato varieties including MICRO Tom. new peppers Mumex Sunrise and Mumex Sunset. Johnny's Selected Seeds introduces 30 new vegetables including certified organically grown seed potatoes and Pirouette eggplant. Goldsmith Seeds debuts dianthus Strawberry and Raspberry Parfait, several petunias and geraniums. Fischer Geranium highlights new outdoor-friendly zonal geraniums. Monrovia Nursery promotes Blue Skies lilac, Golden Japanese Forest grass, Island Sunset fuchsia.
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Petoseed Co
Saticoy
Petoseed
University of Arkansas
Stark Bros
Louisiana
Granny Smith
Stark Royal
Stark
Tomato Growers Supply Co
Fort Myers
University of Florida
New Mexico State University
Johnny’s
Foss Hill Rd
Albion
Emerald City
Goldsmith Seeds
P.O. Box
Gilroy
Goldsmith
Fischer Geranium
SW Homestead
All-America Gladiolus Winners Announced for 1991
The All-America Gladiolus Selections announces 1991 winners Blue Delight and Mayday. Blue Delight shows a large white throat with blue edges, tall 25-30 inch flowerheads, 5 inch florets, and an 8 day bloom time average. Mayday features light rosy pink florets with white throats, a 28-30 inch head, and about 80 days to bloom.
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AAGS
Don Walker
Carl Fischer
AllAmerica Gladiolus Selections Inc
North American
North America
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