Pruning the Peach Tree Top and Orchard Practices
The article explains forming a low broad top for peach trees to maximize sun exposure and fruit size. It discusses pruning years one to three, risks of high tops, and how proper shaping yields strong trunks, many fruiting limbs, and easier cultivation. It notes the General Lee type and mentions an Indian peach in Virginia as an example.
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Lee
Texas Station
Bu l
Alleghany Mountains
Virginia
Trea
Mbs
Sunscald explained by tree trunk sun exposure
Prof Whitten explains sunscald in trees where south and near south bark warms 23 degrees above air temperature in winter sun. Daytime bark rises to 73 degrees if air is 50, causing sap activity and expansion. Night cooling loosens bark, invites borers and decay. protection advised.
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Whitten
Eccentric Highlander Old Alec Drew Early Fame in Stage Life
J H Stoddart recalls John Henry Alexander known as Old Alec, a tall Highlander mocked by audiences in Rob Roy and later rising through Daly and Tree companies. He joined Mme Jananachek in Meg Merri ll es, performed before Queen Victoria at Balmoral, and toured with Mrs Parker in Beck y Sharp and other works in Australia before returning to American stages.
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R. H. Russell
J. H. Stoddart
John Henry Alexander
Alec
Alexander
Mr. Power
St Augustine
Fla
Mme, Jananachek
Meg Merrilles
Daly
Talltiled Knight
Ghost
Beerbohm Tree
London
Queen Victoria
Balmoral Castle
America
Mrs. Piske
Lord Steyne
Becky Sharp
Australia
Mra. Power
Edith Crane
Tess
Becky
Virginia Harned Stars In Iris Amid Mixed Opinions
Opinion splits on Iris but Virginia Harned gains artistic prestige from the production. The drama offers strong acting opportunities and an illustration shows Harned in costume. A Detroit accident raises concern about a temporary incapacity, though doctors expect no permanent disability.
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Miss Harned
De Wolf Hopper Quietly Explains A Leading Lady Quip
At a Providence dinner for theater folk De Wolf Hopper sat beside Stephen Stephenson of Charles Hawtery’s company. A song line about making Bernhardt look like thirty cents prompted Stephenson to ask its meaning. Hopper replied in a grave tone that it signified the acme of mediocrity.
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de Wolf Hopper
Providence
Charles Hawtery
Stephenson
Bernhardt
Hopper
Mr. Hopper
The Wizard of Oz cast gathers in Chicago for engagement
Julian Mitchell Miss Paula Edwards Miss Edith Watchins and twelve Broadway show girls traveled to Chicago to boost interest in The Wizard of Oz at the theater. Mitchell and the two principals reviewed the performance while the show girls prepared costumes with the wardrobe woman. Glen McDonough penned a new third act returning Dorothy, the scarecrow and the tin woodman to Kansas, with new songs and music introduced.
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Julian Mitchell
Paula Edwards
Edith Watchins
Chicago
Mitchell
Glen McDonough
Tin Woodman
Kansas
Ben Hur inscription honors W S Hart in 1902 note
Worthy Remembrance, W. S. Hart of The Suburban company receives a presentation copy of Ben Hur from General Wallace. The inscription reads I write my name here and send you a fence of good wishes dated Dec. 2, 1902. Hart originated the Mesala role and briefly played the title in Wallace's play.
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W. S. Hart
Suburban” Company
Mesala
Wallace
The Eden Soiree and a Carrier Dream Ad
An eclectic, fragmentary reminiscence blends Eden era imagery with a mid century ad tone. It sketches a chaotic scene of advertising schemes, a newspaper carrier idea from Count Taeggi, and a satirical take on domestic life and marriage while weaving in references to Adam Eve Cain Abel and a modern letters-to-New-York concept, all told in a bustling period voice.
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Adam
Eve
Katy
Shy
Cain
Bre
Abel
Selah
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Charles Loveday
Thornton
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Coquelin
M. Monnet Sully
Mme. Bernhardt
Elanora Duse
Mmes
Rejane
Adelina Pattl
Sir Henry Irving
London Telegraph
Tyrone Power
Harold Power
Willam Tyrone Power
Diays
Miss Terry
London Lyceum
Judas
Vidgivia
Count Taegg
Tallan
New York City
New York
Mascagui
Marconi
Taeggi
Wralth
Sheridan
Piioche Ls
Bat
Mit
John W. Gates
Morgan
England
Hla
Emile Iead
Jobert Hall
Jeycom
Grey
le Cille
Jack
Red Ear
Curoea
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