29 Dec 1951
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1951
Page
1
In drab winter, plan a backyard eye appeal with trees and shrubs featuring colorful bark. GC J Toner of Davey Tree Expert Co. urges starting now for next winter, highlighting birch, Japanese maple, red osier dogwood, purple osier willow, green twig dogwood, silky dogwood, flowering plum, sycamore, plane tree, sequoia pine, and maples for silhouette and color.
Cracks in plaster come from sagging floors and weak girders. Do not patch until floors are leveled and braced. Remove wall coverings, bevel crack edges, dampen area, push ready mix plaster into crack, smooth, sponge, and let dry a week before painting. Ensure floors are solidly braced first.
A horticulture professor explains how to store poinsettias. After flowering, place the plant in a dry basement, avoid watering, then prune the stem and refresh soil in May. Use even brush strokes with varnish for preservation and new soil to encourage Christmas blooms again.
Instructions on preparing azalea beds with organic matter, soil depth, and spacing for Snow and Hinodegiri varieties. Advice covers soil mix, mulch, planting depth, and fertilization, plus pruning guidance for trees, grapes, evergreens, and spring bloomers.
A dull or satin finish on garnish or enamel is achieved by removing the natural glass with pumice stone and water or oil after the last coat dries. Allow three to eight days to elapse, rub lightly with a thick felt or brush, and wash off the pumice with water. Edges and corners require careful work and thorough cleaning.
Strawberry barrels are usually not worth over wintering and should be started anew in spring. Some plants may survive with heavy mulching straw around the pot and burlap wrapping, but this is not reliable.
Homemakers adopt a faster mopping technique by sweeping the mop in a figure eight from right to left and using a back and forth rinse. A toe-operated galvanized steel mop-wringer can reduce bending and stop time. The piece also touches frost planning and recommending low growing evergreen options for foundation planting including Japanese yew taxus cuspidata and Japanese holly ilex crenata as hardy, foolproof choices.
An old gardener advises weekly leaves spray with soapy water followed by clean warm rinsing to cleanse foliage. He recommends studying pruning books, notes that winter pruning of fruit trees must be careful, and that improper cuts can ruin next year’s bloom. The piece mentions Dahlia stakes, plant storage, and timing after blooming for best results.
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