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THURSDAY, JAN. U, mg GARDEN TIME By: M. E. Gardner Welcome the galaxy of exciting color for America the Beautiful in 1968. Every gardener should have the best and here they are, new All-Amerca selections for 1968. Better place your order early with your favor.te seed frm because the seed supply is usually limited the first yew of introduction. Three of the flowers are hy brid geraniums, two are hybrd American marigolds, one is a gant cactus-flowered hybrid in nia of unique cherry-rose color, one is a dazzling red verbena and the other is a golden plume celosa pyramid plant flowering form: The 1968 award-winning vege table is a long, slender, dark green hybrid cucumber* which is highly res stant to the cucum ber worries of mosaic and scab. The crisp flesh and attractive shape hold. It dees not develop a bulge or Jumbo. A cool salad delicacy. The vigorous hybr d geran iums from disease-free seeds are true to color in th ar new Care free group. Silver medals go to the “Carefree Scarlet,” a rich orange-red, and “Carefree Deep Salmon.** A bronze medal to “Carefree Bright Pink,** an in tense rose-pink. Zimia "Wild Cherry" is the Vallaydale HoTDOtS (O OX P kG. ©old Medal / Peanut N’ Jelly # Valleydale Lard I1 I / OlSl rifik/jtik* rji ■L°F Mr <r . ImIbIMJm JL—ff Chicken Os Sea Tuna X Nestle I Cans ONLY Chocolate Quick I £ >[#] Dukes | | Chefßoy-Ardee IMJ Mayonnaise I Blue Bonnet > >PO*h.f*l * Meat / 1 other silver medal winn ng flow 'er for 1968 Os unique cherry rcse color me. this giant cactus flowered hybrd shows : ts good breeding. To six inches across, with good det>Ui and petals bea utifully minted. "W id Cherry" 1* an especially prolific bloomer of vignmus boshv hab t. Plaits grew about JM, feet tan with •treng ..terns to bold the many laree flowers the foViaee. It is the only zinnia of th ! s at tract ve color and Hie ouflled frem keeps the tore* Moons a*ry and nrwehl for acennee ments as w*H as in toe earden. Ce»o* a phnmosa “Golden Tri w,™bh M b the striking golden yeflow counterpart to the mast popular of an celos as in the scarlet “Forest Fire." About two feet or taller, blooming in a pyramid of golden plumess the big central plume is surrounded by as many as 10 smaller side plumes on sturdy compact plants. W dely adapted, so easily grown and pract'cally disease free, these colorful free-bloom ing favorites are being much mere widely grown. These eek>- sias are excellent for mass col or outsde, long lasting cut-flow ffs and also for dried flowers Indoors. Two outstanding hybrid Amer ican marigolds are awarded for new aipenor ty. Both are what are termed the new hedge type, be ng of uniform compact bushy habit and height of about 1824 inches. The large double cama ,if* type flowers are borne pro fusely on, tep of the fol ag*. coo siderably earlier than thd taller g ant marigolds and still bloom cn through the growing season. Marigold “F'rst Ixlay" is the hybrid bright yellow with three inch flowers. Dwarfer. earlier, srmewhat smaller than "Yellow Clir ax,’* it makes a brilliant display even ip northern short season locations. Its un formity and color profusion atop rc h green Miage are notably strik ing. Marigold "Orangq Jub lee" is the rch orange Companion to the p-pular 1967 winning hybrid "Golden Jubilee.** These, wth the gay “First Lady ” provide us w'thf the three marigold col ors in double carnation-flowered, eari'er blooming hedge type marigolds. Orange Jubilee, with its uniform bushy growth, much larger flowers and hvbrid vigor is of deepest and richest color, for cutting as fer color display. They make this truly American flower more desirable than ever before. > Verbena -Blase” is the wn ung fliudist of these pwiutar fl°w«cs It is the most brilliant dwarf compact verbena, more dazzling than “DaxzV* Mid lar ger flowered. Some Oorls show a speck of a white eye but we call it a solid soft-colored bright scarlet with reflecting l ght. It is of the same dwarf growth as the 1966 winn ng blue “Amethyst,” about six inches tail by 12 to Jan. 31 Deadline hr Tax Retans On Agrkaltorol Workers 1 January 21st is the deadline for eap«.yen of farm workers to file the*r 1967 Form 943. Em ptier’! Annual Tax Return for Agricultural Employees, and pay the Social security «ue. J. E. Wall, D strict Direc tor of Interaal Revenue for Nor th Carolina, announced today. There is an exception for iarm employers who made tmdy de pcsits of all social security taxes on wages pad in 1967. They have until February 12 to file Form 943 (wth Forms 450 at -15 inch spread and the florets are cne-half nch across in three inch umbeds. “Blaze" is excitii« fer ground cover or edging. A real dazzler. The hybrid cucumber "Spar tan Valor" >an attractive dark green slicing type that retans its slender cylinder shape. All- America trial reports show its length to be e'ght .to nine indies with a diameter of two and one half inches. Tb s crisp fleshed white spine type is highly resis tant to mosaic and scab and very free from color mottl ng or specking. A vigorous produc er with short v nes and concen trated fruiting, taking less space in the garden or field. It is h:«H ly. recommended as a new dic ing type. THE YANCEY BRQPHP tached* for such taxes. The tax applies to cadi wages c* slsl or more paid to each employee in 1967 or cash wages, regardless of amount, if the em ployee performs agricultural Idler on 30 days or more dur ing the year. The rate of tax for 1967 is 14 percent for the employee plus a smilar amount from the em ployer or a total of 98 percent of the first $6,681 of taxable wages paid. * A "crew leader ” a’ person who furnishes and pays workers to perform agricultural labor on his own behalf or for another, treated as an employer under the law, Mr. Wall said. Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, must be funrshed eadh employee paid S6OO or more during Hie year. However, em ployees paid less than $406 for any wages reportable on Form 943 must be g ven a statement for social security purposes, Al ttvwuh use rs the Form W 2 is preferred. Form 66-14 can be used for tow nmw*«e. Mree detoxed Mundin is S'-aflaMe in IRS Circular A. “Arr'ndtneai rmnUver** serial Security Tax G»»Me." which caa be obtained w«»«*ont n 4 Mr vrit'nr toe Dwtrict Director of Menial IWne—e. 3» S. A toe Street. Greensboro, K C. 27411.
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