Roses Rule The Garden: Testing Tops For Home Growers
The American Association of Nurserymen highlights widespread rose planting and a national testing system. Rose varieties are trialed in climate zones, scored by horticulturists, and only the best offered to the public for hardiness foliage color fragrance and other attributes. The rose remains the dominant home plant for decoration and landscape contrast.
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American Association of Nurserymen
United States
Wny
Gberlin
Planting Bulbs and Trees for Natural Air Conditioning
An article extols using bulbs and trees to cool homes naturally. It highlights lilies, daffodils, crocus and tulips for year long color, discusses windbreaks and shade from trees to lower cooling needs, advises fall planting depths, soil enrichment, and careful spacing to prevent disease, with notes on bloom succession and landscape use.
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Department of Agricul
Mansfield Hosts Chrysanthemum Show Next Week
Kingwood Center Garden Chrysanthemum Snow takes place on October 24 and 28 in Mansfield with 109 classes for amateurs and eight arrangement classes. A Kingwood Hall meeting on October 23 forms an Ohio Chapter of the National Chrysanthemum Society. Comité includes Mr and Mrs Andrew Ladage, Paul G Perry, and others. Kingwood Center marks its first anniversary since October 1953.
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Kingwood Hall
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National
Chrysanthemum Society
Andrew Ladyge
Cleveland
Paul G Perry
Columbus
P G Steube
Edward T Taylor
Seven Hills Cleveland
Robert Terheek
Kongwooa Center
Green Thumb Question Box Offers Garden Help and Tips
Readers ask about roses house plants and fruit care. Advice covers miniature roses hardy varieties seed saving gladiolus color changes and pear harvest timing amid hot dry weather and lettuce choices for resilience.
New Plantings Require Water Says OSU Expert
Ohio State University extension floriculturist Vic tor H Ries notes new lawn seedings and flower beds need about one inch of water weekly. He dismisses hand watering as wasteful and recommends a sprinkler soaking four to six inches deep for 3 to 4 hours, using tin cans to measure an inch of water.
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Columbus
Victor H Rues
Ohio State University Extension Floriculturist
Ries
Homesite trees saved from accidents
Builders and workers often fatally damage shade trees during construction. Martin L Davey Jr urges new homeowners to require contract guarantees and sturdy barriers around valuable trees before work begins to protect buttress roots and trunks.
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Martin L Davey Jr
As Trunk
Storing Gladiolus Bulbs Against Disease and Thrips
Practical fall storage and care for gladiolus bulbs. Use water and pebbles method, top cutting, and DDT dust to prevent corn rot thrips and disease. Dry bulbs thoroughly, store at 42 degrees, and check for dark red corky bulbs. Plant infested corms only after thorough drying and avoidance of thrips spread.
Lawn fertilization timing advised for dense green turf
Ohio State University specialist Victor H Ries says fall is ideal to fertilize lawns for next year. He notes slower weed growth and better bluegrass, recommends 3 to 4 pounds per 1000 square feet of specific blends, and warns against uneven hand application and burned spots.
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Columbus
Victor H Ries
Oho State University
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Ries
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