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Trees, Shrubs, Flowers Feature |ra|g|g|L . x 0 Address By Dr. Gartner* Tuesday Dr. I. B. Gartner, horticultural specialist of the State College Extension Service, Raleigh, ad dressed the March meeting of the Boone Cfcambor of Commerce Tuesday on the growth and core ' of tree*, shrub*, and flowers. Tn attendance as "guests of the Chamber were members of the Blue Ridge Garden Club and the Home Demonstration Club. After being introduced by Mrs. B. W. Stalling*, Dr. Gartner op ened hi* remarks with a discus sion of tree-trimming. He said the life of a tree is shortened by improper trimming, and advised strongly against the cutting back and topping of trees, thereby ruining their natural contour. He said hortlcultura lists know how to tunnel through the foliage of trees for power lines to pass through without destroying the beauty of the tree, adding that there is a movement underway to enlist the cooperation of pow er companies in this respect. Declaring that the goal of the extension service is the beautifi cation of every home and farm in the atate, the speaker advised owners to engage the services of a horticultural architect for their landscaping problems and to ad vise in the proper pruning of plants. He said that with proper planning and planting, replanting is unnecessary, and that expert advice will pay dividends in the long run. He pointed out that beautifica tion enhances the value of any property, and that a well land scaped place is easy to keep neat and attractive in appearance. He also cautioned growers to use care in selecting plants that are adapted to the locality in which they are to be grown, and stressed the importance of keeping ground* clean to prevent disease In plants as well as for beauti fication purpose*. The meeting wa* closed with a question* anw answers period, - during which Dr. Gartner helped questioners with individual prob lems. Weed Measuring Now Available The Watauga County ASC I Committee i# now accepting ap plications for pre measuring Bur- 1 ley tobacco. The coat of pre measurement must be borne by the farmer and will be $7 per farm. The closing date for accept' ing applications is March 31. VFW Auxiliary To Gather The Ladies Auxiliary to Wa tauga Mountaineer Post 7031 Vet erans of Foreign Wars will hold its regular meeting Thursday, March 11, at 7:30 p. m. Misa Erie Gilliam, District Preaident from North Wilkesboro will be pre sent. Each member is urged to at tend. Legion Plans Memorial Day A meeting of the American ' Legion and Auxiliary will be held ' at the Legion Hut Friday night, I for the purpose of making plans < for Memorial Day services. ' All veterans are requested to i attend. Then there was the new bride i coming into the dining room bear- I ing a large platter and proudly | exclaiming, "My first turkey." I "Why, It looks wonderful dar ling," responded her spouse, "and < you've stuffed it so beautifully." "Stuffed 't?" echoed the bride. 1 "This one wasn't hollow when i I bought It." Garden Time By ROBERT SCHMIDT If you, haven't already done ao. It it time to low }omato, pepper, and eggplant Med in hotbeds, coldframes, Or flat* In the kitchen window. Although It i? much easier to buy plant* for the garden, we like to. grow our own tomato plants, tfhen we know what we are getting. The seed sowing date will dfpend on how soon the weather <wilt permit setting in the field. It uaually takes from five to eight weeks to produce tomato plants large enough to set, depending on the tempera lure of the plant bed. Pepper and eggplant are a little ?lower in developing. By figuring back from the last proftable frost we can determine when to aow the seed. By sowing the seed thinly, it may not be necessary to transplant, but usually trans planting to two Inches apart tbout a week after the plant* :ome up wiQ give much stronger ind stockier plant*. Thet-e is no idvantage in growing plants to blooming size before setting in the field. The younger plants will stand the shock of trans planting better than the older ?nes. Where no fuaarium wilt is pre lent, good early varieties are Valiant and Urban Earliana, of jourse, is an old atandby. For the nain crop Rutgers and Marglobe ire popular. Of thf hybrids, Bur pee's Big Boy haa done very well tor us. If the garden aoil is infected with fusarium wilt, it is advisable to use only such varieties as Homestead and Jefferson, which tre highly resistant to fusarium wilt. These are not early varie ties but will surrivt the wilt. The best variety of pepper i* probably California Wonder. It is a food grower and has heavy, meaty fruits. Eggplant is not a common' vege table in North Carolina gardens but should be grown more. The Florida Highbu^ and Ft. Myrn Market are good varieties, lis soon as eggplant are set in the field, the plants should be cover ed with a DOT dust or spray to prevent flea beetles and. potato beetles from destroying them. Planting* of these three crops can be made at least two weeks earlier if the plant* are cohered with hotcaps or other plants pro tectors. General News Brevities Easing of import curbs by West Germany may add $100,000,000 'in new United States exports. The Administration bars a world price war on food. Paris feels Western unity met Soviet tests at Berlin. The Post Office has inaugurat ed air delivery of three-cent mail from New York, Chicago and Washington to three Florida cities. Phillippine bases expansion provides a bulwark for Asia. Eniwetok, hydrogen bomb test site, is closed to planes. Tlie Ford Foundations grants $25,000,000 for education. Five passenger vessels are plan ned for Canadian service. 15 nations agree to continue the weather ship program. COPS CONFUSE THIEF Chicago? The politeness of a police squad in 'giving the right of way to a large truck driving away from a warehouse saved a wholesale grocery firm $10,000 worth of coffee. The driver, ap parently believing the police had been summoned to the ware house, stopped the truck and fled. The van was loaded with 400 cases of coffee, 9,600 pounds, which had been stolen from the warehouse. Alexander To Run Again For Congress Seat HUGH Q. ALEXANDER Representative Hugh Alexander has filed with the State Board of Elections notice of his candidacy for Representative in Congress from the Ninth North Carolina District. In making his announcement Representative Alexander says: "During my tenure of office, I have conscientiously tried to faithfully serve all the people of our Congressional District rela tive to legislation affecting them, our state and the Nation. If no minated and re-elected I shall continue to support Federal Legislation for the best interest and welfare of our entire popula tion." Alexander is serving his first term in Congress, and succeeded RobeH L. Doughton who held the ninth district seat for 42 years. Alexander, a former Kanna polis attorney, once was state commander of the American Le gion. Alexander studied at Duke university and the University of North Carolina. He was graduat ed from UNC law school in 1937 and started practice shortly there after in Kannapolis. He is a veteran of 44 month* of Navy service in World War II, 34 of which were overseas. He ii a member of First Presbylerian church in Kannapolis, a past master of Cannon Memorial lodge, AF&AM, and a past presi dent of the Cabarrus Shrine club. The Ninth district, which he represents, is composed of Iredell, Ashe, Alleghany, Alexander, Caldwell, Cabarrus, Rowan, Stan ly and Watauga counties. THIEVES STRIP HOME , Van Nuya, Calif. ? 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