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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
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Vol. 25—No. 306 TRYON, N. C. THURSDAY. DEC. 25TH. 1952
1. he weatherman is on vacation.
Wednesday was a mild day, partly
cloudy. Today, Christmas Day,
will be a busy one for all people
with friends and relatives. Meth
ods of communication have im
proved considerably and friends
can visit one another over longer
distances; good roads and good
cars have done their part in this
development. Telephones, too now
reach out all over the world. One
Christmas present for Mr. and
Mrs Arnold Williams was a tele
phone conversation with their
daughter, Mrs. Frank Strider
Williams) who is now in
Wm, Japan. Through courtesy of
Ukt local telephone office, Mrs.
Clarence Smith, a sister, also
listened in on the conversation from
her home. And now television gives
us the voices and pictures in dif
ferent parts of the nation at the
same time. . . Tryon Rotarians
will hear Supt. Brank Proffit of
the Tryon Schools speak Friday
et 1 p. m. at Oak Hall. Congratu
lations to Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Lan
dis on their 50th wedding anni
versary today at their home in
Columbus. . . FIRE completely
destroyed the home of Charles
“Chuck'’ Du«enbury. off Howard
Can road Wednesday afternoon.
Wh^n the occupants, Col. and Mrs.
William Alexander returned home
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GARDEN TIME
By Robert Schmidt
During the dormant season we
should examine our shrubs and
fruit trees closely to see if they
are infested with scale insects.
If you do not know what scale in
sects look like, call in your County
Agent or some horticultural friend
who is familiar with them. If your
trees are infested with Scale it
is important that you do some
thin? about it.
Scale insects are very small
sucking insects that attach them
selves to the twigs, leaves, and
branches of shrubs and trees and
proceed to suck the life out of
them. As soon as they are at
tached to the twig they construct
a tough scale covering over them
selves for nrotection. That is why
they are called Scale insects. The
scales are usually white or gray
in color.
in order to kill the insects it
is necessary to use a spray ma
terial that will penptr'ate the
scale covering. Such a spray
would be too strong to use during
the growing season because it
would also damage the plants.
Therefore, we must spray for
scale insects during the dormant
season when the plants are not
growing and deciduous trees are
free of leaves. The miscible oils,
such as volck and scalecide and
lime-sulphur solutions are effect
ive in controlling Scale insects
when used according to the manu
facturers’ directions. Oil sprays
should not be used in freezing
weather. Because of its fungicidal
action especially on peach trees
it is preferred to use Lime-Sulphur
spray late in the dormant season.
Also at this time of the year we
may find a number of spindle
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